With Morocco and Algeria ballooning their military budgets in anticipation of an all-out war, one area remains as “Africa’s last colony”, leaving a black hole in global data. Western Sahara ...

West Africa has been home to some great kingdoms ... Musa gave away gold to people he met on his route. Image caption, This map shows Mansa Musa with an Arab traveller. Mansa Musa is wearing ...

In the Asante kingdom, goldsmiths made ornaments to show their king was rich. This map shows Mansa Musa with an Arab traveller. Mansa Musa is wearing a golden crown and holds a large gold coin in ...

Cricket in Africa has its most significant presence in the south of the continent, and pockets of growth and progress in the east. But now, for the first time, the west will have a presence at a ...