For centuries, the history of the West African kingdom of Kaabu, which thrived from the mid-1500s to the 1800s and spanned ...

West Africa has been home to some great kingdoms and empires. The earliest of these kingdoms belonged to the Nok people. They were farmers, potters and metalworkers who settled near the River ...

"Gladiator II" opens with a Roman fleet brutally laying siege to a city in the north African kingdom of Numidia. On the big screen we see ships set ablaze by pots of burning oil and defenders ...

Even today, there are parts of our world that are barely seen or understood. Take a trip down to Africa, home to some of the world's most stunning - yet delicate ...

See the rise and fall of empires and kingdoms, experience the power of religion, the injustices of slavery, and chart the expansion of trade between Africa and other continents. Hear what it was ...

Here’s looking at you, kid, because we’re going on a trip to Morocco in today’s Destination Anywhere. Melanie Oliveiro speaks ...

US President Donald Trump’s recent quip about Lesotho as a nation “nobody has ever heard of” has inadvertently catapulted the ...

The 46th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union took place in February 2025 in Addis Ababa. The ...

It had only acquired independence in the mid 13th century. By the 15th century Portugal was comparable to many kingdoms in Africa, although possibly less rich and less well endowed scholastically ...