It is also a worrying sign that M23’s patron, Rwanda, may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region ... to fight an insurgency in northern Mozambique.

I’M OFTEN ASKED WHY AFRICA MATTERS. It’s an understandable question in a world of real responsibilities, real demands, and ...

A huge cloud of Saharan dust has swept across Europe in the last few days, already hitting Italy and continuing to spread north. On February 2, residents in southern Italy were affected by a cloud of ...

Painted lady butterflies are world travelers. The ones we encounter in Europe fly from Africa to Sweden, ultimately returning to areas north and south of the Sahara. But what determines whether some ...

Rwanda-backed Congolese rebels from the M23 movement have announced the capture of the major city of Goma in the eastern ...

The Times Don’t hesitate. Don’t look down. Just do it. And it was my turn. From the cliff’s edge I stared across to the other ...

More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them ...

Introduction The documented benefits of gender parity in leadership are emerging—women leaders have been shown to have a ...

Painted lady butterflies are world travelers. The ones we encounter in Europe fly from Africa to Sweden, ultimately returning to areas north and south of the Sahara. But what determines whether some ...

The map locates the country of Mozambique, in southeastern Africa. It also shows the towns of Mocimboa da Praia, Macomia, Palma, Pemba, and Ibo Island in the Cabo Delgado province in northern ...

Survivors of Israel's war in Gaza say they idea they should now leave marks a continuation of a campaign since 1948 to ...

By the time he died, aged just 32, he had redrawn the map of the northern hemisphere, conquering land across three ...