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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 ...

One map shows the countries where people have the highest amount of sexual partners throughout their life. Australia, South ...

Piri Reis, an Ottoman admiral and cartographer, is renowned for his world map created in 1513, which includes detailed representations of parts of Northern Africa. His work is significant not only ...

The government in South Africa says it will not help about 4,000 miners inside an illegal closed mine in the country's North ...

Focusing on climate finance, the decisions to be taken at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in ...

A map shared to social media in mid-October 2024 accurately compared the size of Texas to Europe. The map shared online moderately exaggerated the size of Texas; however it was more or less an ...

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

The numbers show that Gauteng remains the destination of choice for many people from South Africa and beyond who are in ...

Analysis - The world's first superstar hippo lives in a zoo in Thailand. Moo Deng shot to fame soon after she was born in ...

Millions of South Africans live in so-called “informal” housing, often built illegally and with minimal infrastructure. The absence of official addresses is a constant obstacle among the many daily ...

Mosquitoes are more than just pests. They are the world’s most dangerous animal. Their presence signals the start of the ...