From the air, Somalia’s coastline unfurls endlessly, a ribbon of sand and sea stretching more than 2,000 miles from Kenya to Djibouti. That same coastline now lies at the heart of a contest that could ...

Famine in Tigray was not an outcome of war. It was the result of policies – a siege, economic blockade and obstruction of aid – designed to destroy civilian life.

Legends and rumors trail the elusive Queen of Sheba through the rock-hewn wonders and rugged hills of Ethiopia.

Addis Ababa’s kitchens burn quietly through the city’s future. Behind the glow of its booming siga bets—the raw-meat restaurants that have come to define its ...

The African continent is gradually splitting apart. Although a new ocean is expected to form as a result, it won't be for millions of years.

From historic Everest summits to Jane Goodall’s chimpanzee research, National Geographic magazine and its famed covers have ...

Africa’s sovereignty rests on discipline — when states deliver, enforce law, and fund peace from their own means.

A massive geological shift is quietly reshaping East Africa, and scientists say it could redraw the world map. Deep beneath ...

Less than a month after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, U.S. troops—with support from British, Canadian, French, German and Australian forces—invaded Afghanistan to fight Al ...

For several years, online rumors have alleged that U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar's father, Nur Omar Mohamed, committed war crimes as a military officer in Somalia before immigrating to the U.S. as a refugee.

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Donald Trump may be president, but that doesn’t mean you want him as the navigator on a road trip. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images That’s because the president made a claim about the Middle East on ...