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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most of us have a rough map of the world in our minds that we use any time we think about places. But these mental maps aren’t necessarily reliable. In fact, many of the maps in our heads share the ...

For more than two decades, the mission of homeland security has been defined by its geography, by borders, perimeters, and zones of protection. From the aftermath of 9/11 to the present-day challenges ...

The personal finance company WalletHub made the interactive map below after comparing the 100 most populous cities in the U.S. across various metrics, including the average price per bag of coffee and ...