This was the Piri Reis map, a world chart compiled in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. While the map is famous for its early depiction of the Americas, a new wave of academic ...

It is against this complex backdrop that the Trump administration’s response to Nigeria must be evaluated and found wanting ...

Through fossilized tooth enamel, scientists are reconstructing the diets and landscapes that existed millions of years ago.

Voters in Benin are choosing a successor to President Patrice Talon, who is stepping down after a decade in power.

Romuald Wadagni received 94 percent of the vote, according to provisional results. He faces the challenge of a growing ...

Benin Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni has won the presidential election held over the weekend. Provisional results indicate ...

Magnetic rocks with iron oxide concentrations act as natural chroniclers of Earth's past continental movements. Using small ...

Belltowers are a cheat code to exploration in Crimson Desert. Ringing a belltower will lift a significant chunk of the map's ...

From the battlefields of Spain to the plains of North Africa, Masinissa's Numidian horsemen transformed the fate of the ...

The question is no longer whether Beijing is meddling in African affairs, but how much longer it can pretend that it isn’t.

In 1324, the emperor of the wealthiest kingdom on Earth set out across the Sahara on a pilgrimage that would collapse economies and place West Africa at the center of the medieval world. This is the ...

A recent archaeological project has physically reconstructed the ceremonial dress of medieval Nubian royalty and clergy, ...