Africa is on a fierce campaign that, if successful, will see the Mercator map replaced with the Equal Earth map on web-based ...

The first Group of 20 summit to be held in Africa opened on Saturday with an ambitious agenda to make progress on solving some of the long-standing problems that have afflicted the world's poorest ...

Africa’s official maps are stuck in the past, often either outdated, incomplete—or both. But governments don’t have the budgets to fix them, making it difficult to complete projects as complex as ...

A demographic transformation in Africa has the potential to alter the world order Last November, the global population reached a significant milestone of 8 billion. More recently, in April, India ...

Rivers are the lifelines of our planet, shaping landscapes, sustaining wildlife, and influencing human civilisation. Among these, some follow fascinating courses that intersect the imaginary lines we ...

A global game reveals that our idea of the size of continents is more accurate than classic maps and their distortions suggest.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The world's biggest economy will be conspicuously absent from a meeting of the globe's 20 richest nations this weekend, as the U.S. boycotts the G20 Leaders' Summit hosted ...

The Group of 20 summit in South Africa ended Sunday with the glaring absence of the United States — the next country to lead the bloc — after the Trump administration boycotted the two days of talks ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (L) at G20 Summit and US President Donald Trump (R) (AP Photo) The Group of 20 Summit saw a tense atmosphere on Sunday as South Africa refused to hand over the ...

International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola says South Africa will assign a junior official to hand over the G20 presidency to the United States (US) government. Lamola confirmed at the G20 Leaders ...

South Africa hosts G20 amid US boycott, seeks closer EU, China ties EU aims to secure critical minerals, reduce reliance on China South Africa, EU emphasise multilateralism, democracy, human rights ...

With the United States boycotting the summit, other nations sought to strike new deals, and some took a tougher tone with President Trump. By John Eligon Reporting from Johannesburg President Cyril ...