What are the best countries to travel in Africa? Oh, this sizzling continent welcomes over 67 million tourists every year!

The desert covers over 3.3 million square miles, which means it's roughly the same size as the entire United States.

The Sahara Desert is one of the driest and most barren regions on Earth, extending across much of North Africa. It spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area roughly the size of China or the ...

The Sahara desert, once lush and green, during a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago, was also home to a mysterious human lineage, a new study has found. Researchers from Germany's Max Planck ...

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans ...

Join presenter, Chioma, for an introduction to the physical geography of the continent of Africa, from the Sahara Desert in the north, to the Cape region in the south. Join presenter, Chioma, as she ...

Seven videos exploring the human and physical geography of the continent of Africa.

A view from the Takarkori rock shelter in southwestern Libya ...

From left, Niger Foreign Minister Bakary Yaou Sangare, Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean Marie Traore ...

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