Russia is expanding its influence in Africa as democracy wanes, with military strongmen carrying out coups and the United ...

of the population in West Africa. Other initiatives recently completed or currently underway to achieve universal electricity access by 2030 include the Côte d’Ivoire-Liberia-Sierra Leone-Guinea ...

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Google Maps will display the name “Gulf of America” instead of the “Gulf of Mexico” for U.S. users once official government sources are updated to reflect the name change ordered by ...

Include North Africa, and the share is even higher. If that forecast is right (and always be skeptical of long-term demographic forecasts), at some point in the 22nd century a majority of the ...

Dar es Salaam. The Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit 2025 opened officially in the city yesterday, with a call for collective efforts to meet the continent’s ambitious energy targets and addressing key ...

Image: World Economic Forum/Chris Heeney From its burgeoning youth population to its expanding influence on the global stage, Africa’s potential, challenges and new global leadership were at ...

It is also a worrying sign that M23’s patron, Rwanda, may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region ... Sign up to the Analysing Africa, a weekly newsletter that keeps ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum earlier this month jokingly suggested North America, including the United States, be renamed "Mexican America" - a historic name used on an early map of the region.

Jan. 27, 2025 The leaders of more than half of Africa’s nations gathered this week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s sprawling seaside metropolis, to commit to the biggest burst of spending on ...

African Development Bank and World Bank in unprecedented collaboration to transform Africa’s Energy Access Strong emphasis on clean cooking solutions to avoid 600,000 deaths annually due to smoke ...

A yellow alert for wind will remain in place for longer and a 21-hour rain warning has been extended north to cover parts of the North Wales coast. Although the system is less powerful than Friday ...