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.
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.
11 July 2024 – The photo of a Ugandan military convoy was shot in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a year ago, not during Kenya’s recent youth-led tax protests.
23 June 2024 – The false claim tries shift blame for the centuries-long transatlantic slave trade.
28 February 2024 – Western inaction against Rwanda for its role in the deadly M23 rebel conflict sparked protests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Flags and tyres were burned, but no embassy was set on fire.
5 February 2024 – The woman stripped and beaten is not the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s elections commissioner. All she did was cast an unpopular vote.
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