Small-scale fisheries play a vital role in providing food and livelihoods for millions of people around the world, ...

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 ...

Africa is the world’s second largest continent and contains over 50 countries. Africa is in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean in the east, the South ...

The West African country of Niger ... of Western standards by a Sahel-region country, "what's going on here in the Sahel will have an impact not only on Africa but also, I think, in Ukraine ...

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

Russia has deployed up to 200 military instructors to Equatorial Guinea in recent weeks to protect the presidency, sources ...

Moving down to the south-west coast of Africa, Angola has large mineral and petroleum reserves, but his has not translated to a much better life for its people. The country scores just 25.65 on ...

Citizenship comes with perks, and these five countries have programs that facilitate dual citizenship for U.S. citizens.

Niger has become the latest country in West Africa where the army has seized control, following Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, and Chad - all former French colonies. Since 1990, a striking 78% of the ...

About 83% of major hurricanes in North America originate from Cape Verde, a coastal country in West Africa. Four of the ...

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