Africa is home to 55 countries, an ancient and complex history, modern cities, some 3,000 languages and over a billion people. From Algeria to Zimbabwe, here’s a snapshot of each country on a continent you need to know more about.
Several African nations rank higher than the US and countries of Europe in a new scientific measure of wellbeing, thanks to strong community ties, purpose and resilience.
Explore Africa’s cities, rivers, coasts and wild places with views from above, in a selection of gorgeous astronaut and satellite photography of the continent.
They’ve been dismissed as mongrels, “township dogs”, and worse. But as a breed they are smart, tough, athletic, loyal – and ancient. They are the Africanis, the dog of Africa.
South Africa is twice the size of France and five times as big as the UK. With an area of 1.2-million square kilometres, it dwarfs the countries of Europe – except Russia – but doesn’t stand up to the giants of Asia and the Americas.
20 May 2024 – The man with a noose around his neck is not Hamza Bendelladj, as fact-checkers have pointed out for years. The hacker is alive and serving his sentence in a US prison for selling malware that caused major financial harm not only to institutions, but to individual people.
20 May 2024 – Russia’s visa policy for Africa is more relaxed than those of the US and EU. But most African countries still need some kind of visa for travel to Russia.
10 May 2024 – All the video shows is a small contingent of Angolan cadets, students at a military institute in southern Russia, marching in a parade competition. They won the audience award – but didn’t join the Russian army.
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