President Donald Trump's executive order withdrawing the US from the Paris Agreement raises the question of the implications for small African Indian Ocean island states.

The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) or Chagos Islands (formerly the Oil Islands) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Africa and Indonesia.

France’s pledge to confront its colonial legacy is being tested in Madagascar, where historic grievances are clashing with modern geopolitics over the Scattered Islands – tiny, uninhabited

Embark on a journey to Africa's enchanting islands, where breathtaking landscapes, rich cultures, and unforgettable adventures await.

In the dry, sun-scorched deserts of Ethiopia, a slow but astonishing transformation has been unfolding since 2005. A 35-mile-long crack, known as the East African Rift, is gradually tearing through the landscape—marking the early stages of a colossal geological shift.

allowing the Indian Ocean to flood the area and making the easternmost corner of Africa (the Horn of Africa) a large island," federal scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey said. Research ...

An 11-hour ruling from a British high court judge has temporarily blocked the country's plan to hand over the Chagos Islands in the remote Indian ocean to African nation of Mauritius.