African Union Endorses Call to Abandoned the Mercator Map
Supporters of the campaign say that the popular Mercator projection promotes a false view of the continent and its size.
Supporters of the campaign say that the popular Mercator projection promotes a false view of the continent and its size.
The helicopter had taken off from Accra, the capital, en route to a mining conference when it went “off the radar,” the armed forces said.
The country is the latest African nation to agree to take in migrants from the United States.
Outraged residents took to the streets of the southern African nation when a taxi strike descended into chaos.
Zackie Achmat, once at the center of South Africa’s push for lifesaving H.I.V. treatment, has come out of retirement as U.S. funding cuts and his own government’s inertia revive old…
The police minister was suspended amid allegations that he had protected figures with ties to a criminal syndicate, adding pressure on the country’s embattled government.
Simmering anger against President William Ruto’s government has boiled over into clashes between protesters and the police, who have deployed live rounds, tear gas and water cannons.
Hailing from a small, rural province, Mr. Mabuza had a remarkable rise to national power. But much of it came crashing down amid corruption allegations.
The burial site of Edgar Lungu, Zambia’s former president, has become the latest conflict in a relationship marred by hostility
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