This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “The world’s next country?” ...

Learn about the architectural heritage of African hotels built during independence and their historical narratives.

A map shared to social media in mid-October 2024 accurately compared the size of Texas to Europe. The map shared online ...

A recent East African Business Council meeting in Kigali heard how Tanzania ... on milk imported from outside the country, from Tsh150 ($0.056) -- a 1,233 percent increase. Abdoul Ndarubogoye, a ...

One of Africa's Big Five countries is shown on world maps to be half the size it actually is, while a small European country appears to be double its real area. World maps show country sizes to be ...

A new global risk map for 2025 identifies countries that have the potential to pose high-risk and extreme risk for travelers.

It would also span the breadth of the African continent, with coasts looking out of the Indian Ocean in the east and the Atlantic Ocean in the west. The new country would have around 350 million ...

The summit focuses on ways African countries can benefit from the game’s ever-increasing popularity. The meeting comes as East African nations prepare to host the African Cup of Nations in 2027 ...

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the price will be paid first in African lives. It will then affect the global economy as commercially critical shipping lanes become less secure. Refugee flows will tax recipient countries.