Review: We can map that: Newberry Library exhibits 500-plus years of borders, folds and graticules

From maps that become art to a rack of Rand McNally road maps, straight out of gas stations of yore, “Mapping Outside the ...
AllAfrica on MSNOpinion

Biafra, insecurity - Nigeria won civil war but didn't know how to win peace - Gen Alabi-Isama (Rtd)

Says whoever does not want state police is a coward·'Why people give more information to B/Haram than to Federal ...

Exclusive-Congo Offers Manganese, Copper‑cobalt, and Lithium Assets to US Investors Under Minerals Pact

KINSHASA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo has ‌sent ​Washington a shortlist of state-owned assets - ...

Congolese soldiers reenter key eastern city after M23 rebels' withdrawal, army and residents say

GOMA, Congo -- Congolese soldiers and fighters from a pro-government militia have reentered the strategic eastern town of ...
Boise State Public Radio

A road trip through the checkpoints, chaos and congestion along West Africa's coastline

The coastal corridor from Lagos to Abidjan is shaping into a West African megalopolis. Starting in Lagos, Nigeria, we navigate the chaos, the checkpoints, and the road that could change it all.
Mongabay News

For two of the world’s most at-risk primates, threats abound and the future looks grim

Between Nigeria’s Cross River and Cameroon’s Sanaga River lies one of West Africa’s largest remaining blocks of intact ...