For centuries, the maps used to understand the world have distorted Africa’s size compared to most northerly nations.

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger.

The most comprehensive mapping to date of the global risk of chikungunya suggests India could experience the greatest long-term impact from the mosquito-borne virus.

A UNESCO report outlines policy, funding changes to boost African publishing industry to bring in $18.5 billion a year.

Despite having a modest total dog population of 850,000, the data crowned Lithuania as the country with the highest number of dog lovers. About 30 percent of the country owns a dog, with some 30,000 ...

When Taiwanese traveler Eric Weng goes to South Korea, he resigns himself to toggling between three different map applications to navigate his way around. That’s because Google Maps, ubiquitous in ...

Senegal Senegal is the westernmost country in the mainland of the old world . Culturally influential (Music and Arts), they’re politically stable and a respected voice in west Africa diplomacy. The ...

The Mali Federation was a short-lived attempt to unite French-speaking West African colonies after independence. Formed in 1959, it included Senegal and the Sudanese Republic (now Mali). The ...

Geneva — Civil society movements are carrying the mantle of humanitarian values that national and global institutions have all too willingly abandoned. I recently returned from New York, where I ...