The number of countries in the world does not change very often, but when it does, mapmakers (and their digital counterparts) ...

A map from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) shows which countries receive the most foreign assistance ...

Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.

At least 35 people were killed and 46 injured in an attack on cattle camps in southeastern South Sudan last week, a community ...

Unidentified attackers raided cattle camps in a southeastern area of South Sudan last week, killing at least 35 people and wounding 46, a community leader said.

The Suez Canal Authority's chairman, Osama Rabie, said on Monday that navigational maps for the planned 10km (6.2 mile) canal ...

While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

‘South Africa is confiscating land’: Donald Trump announces halt on funding US President Donald Trump announced a halt to future funding for South Africa due to concerns over land confiscation ...

More than a billion people across the world depend on wetlands for their livelihoods – that’s about one in eight people on Earth. Check the Ramsar’s official website, leading entity for this ...

Little change to this pattern is expected until mid-week, when a cold front will cross to the south causing the inland trough to move towards the northeast by the end of next week. Mostly sunny. The ...