They say "Kutambula Kulaba, Kudda Kunyumya"--to travel is to see, and to return is to tell the tale. Nowhere has this Ugandan proverb felt truer than on my first journey to Adjumani, a district tucked ...

If you’re dreaming of a romantic break, these 6 standout stays offer the perfect mix of intimacy and wilderness.

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Britain colonised Nigeria primarily for economic exploitation of resources including palm oil, cocoa, groundnuts, tin, and ...

Vanessa Palumbo works in the higher foreign service for the Foreign Office and has lived in Berlin, Lyon, and Tokyo. For over ...

Africa’s landscapes are full of drama—towering cliffs, sculpted sandstone, balancing boulders and ancient rock walls etched ...

These striking boundaries reveal the physical and manmade boundaries that both separate and connect cultures around the world.

Benin City has grown from the historic Kingdom of Benin into a vibrant metropolis with the new Museum of West African Art.

Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the ...

Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival ...

Nigeria — Africa's most populous nation, with almost 240 million residents — is experiencing urban growth that few countries ...

Located in western Tunisia, the plants operated between the third and sixth centuries and likely helped supply precious olive ...