Maps showing China’s growing influence in Africa distort reality – but some risks are real
Portraying China’s presence in Africa with flags on maps can distort African states’ sovereignty and their power to make ...
Antarctica Base Map Shows Isolation of Scientists As Violence Breaks Out
Newsweek has created a map that lays bare the isolation of a South African research base in Antarctica where a team is reportedly trapped with a colleague who has become violent.
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Ever wonder why Africa’s borders appear so strange?
Africa has the most countries of any continent with a total of 54. Rather than following natural terrains or historical boundaries, many of its borders are strikingly straight in some areas and ...
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Africa Received Billions in U.S. Aid. Here’s What It Will Lose.
U.S.A.I.D. The United States spent decades responding to conflicts and disease in Africa. The continent is now expected to be the hardest hit by the Trump administration’s aid cuts. The United ...
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8 Google Maps settings I change when I get a new phone
Did you know that the little yellow fella you drag in Google Maps Street View is called Pegman? It's not the most practical tip, but you'll find the ones below useful. You can change many Google ...
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Africa set to reach 1.5 C climate change threshold by 2040 even under low emission scenarios
New research suggests that all five subregions of Africa will breach the 1.5 C climate change threshold -- the limit stipulated by the Paris Agreement -- by 2040 even under low emission scenarios.
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South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi will withdraw troops from conflict-torn eastern Congo
stand in Goma as the bodies of two South African soldiers are repatriated to South Africa Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File) ...
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Colonising Africa: What happened at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?
After the German and Ottoman empires fell following World War I, a map closer to what we now know as Africa would emerge. Historians point out that unlike what is widely believed, the Berlin ...
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South Africa Is a Warning
He set his sights on Kenya, his country’s neighbor to the south, where he found a job in a cafe, then farther south still, to South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest economy, where he had ...
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Africa relies too heavily on foreign aid for health. Four ways to fix this
Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Africa's health systems heavily depend on foreign aid, which has been declining since 2018 due to shifting donor priorities. This reliance leaves the continent ...
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South Africa rejects 'megaphone diplomacy' as Trump backs funding cut
WASHINGTON/JOHANNESBURG, March 7 Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that his country is stopping all federal funding to South Africa, but South Africa responded by saying it ...
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The state of play in Africa's qualifiers for World Cup 26
After a lengthy intermission to make way for the CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, the continent is now back on track for the World Cup, which means it's time to look at the state of play.