The Smithsonian Pocket Guide (PDF) is a map-sized visitor guide that folds down to fit in your pocket. It is available at Washington, D.C., area information/welcome desks in English and Spanish. It is ...

Some countries will see significantly more population growth than others, offering both opportunities and challenges.

Birds of Greater Southern Africa” by Keith Barnes, John Fanshawe, and Terry Stevenson was released last month by Princeton ...

But their perspective on the matter might change if they use the fascinating size-comparison map tool by ... when placed over Africa. And India, which looms large on the Asian subcontinent ...

as hundreds of new dots are scattered across the maps of Asia and Africa. History will look back on the early 21st century as the era of the new city builder, as humans have never before built so ...

Days after the West African country’s ruling military was ambushed by Islamist rebels, it has sought to hide the true extent ...

The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Wednesday. EVENTS: West Africa’s central bank, the ...

Seaborne commerce on a large scale in Asia dates to the Song Dynasty ... Ming merchants sailed as far as Africa to trade goods. No less an authority than the historian of technology Joseph Needham ...

Installations of jute sacks or hospital beds have made Ibrahim Mahama a star. Back home, they’re fueling a bold vision.

Mauritania has planned four large-scale projects worth $100bn, while the Ramaphosa administration is spending the bulk of South Africa’s just energy transition war chest on a pipeline of projects ...

The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have launched a continent-wide ...

BirdLife and DEG Impulse launched AVISTEP in four new countries- Egypt, Kenya, Laos and Uzbekistan. Read on to find out how ...