Africa

18+ hour, 37+ min ago   (1723+ words) Nigeria history runs from ancient sculptors and medieval kingdoms to British conquest and independence in 1960. A civil war and decades of military rule followed, then unbroken civilian rule since 1999. For a US reader, that past explains why Nigeria’s regions bargain…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1641+ words) A Nobel laureate, an Oscar winner, Olympic champions and painted minibuses: the people and places that define Kenya abroad. Kenya culture reaches far beyond the safari image, from a Nobel Peace Prize laureate to an Oscar winner and Olympic champions....

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1234+ words) GUIDES · SOUTH AFRICA Stats SA published its 2026 mid-year population estimates on 30 July 2026. They put the population at 63,522,380, up 759,980 people on 2025. The office estimates annual growth of 1.20% between 2025 and 2026, and says 50.9% of residents are female. The last full count, Census 2022, used…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1470+ words) The Kenya population is young, fast-growing and made up of more than 40 ethnic groups, none of them a majority. Who lives where, which languages they speak and how they pray shape Kenyan elections, markets and security. For a US reader,…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1698+ words) The Mozambique neighbourhood is a ring of six countries along the Indian Ocean, and four of them have no sea coast. That makes Mozambique’s ports, railways, pipelines and power lines a lifeline for much of southern Africa. For a US…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1386+ words) The Ghana population stood at 30.8 million at the 2021 census and is projected at about 34.4 million in 2026. It is young, increasingly urban and made up of nine broad ethnic families that mostly live side by side without open conflict. For US…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (1748+ words) SOUTH AFRICA · NEIGHBOURS South Africa neighbours six countries, and they form its main regional market. For US investors, the neighbourhood is a major market for South African firms and a source of water, power and workers. South Africa’s government lists…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1721+ words) Nigeria’s population of about 242 million is Africa’s largest, and Nigerians are the biggest African-born group in the United States. The UN expects the country to pass 350 million people by 2050. The Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba and Igbo share it with over 200 smaller peoples,…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1702+ words) SOUTH AFRICA · CULTURE Grammy winners, Nobel novelists and world-champion teams: a guide to the people behind South Africa’s cultural reach. South Africa culture reaches Americans through music, comedy, books and sport far more than through politics. A fairly small group…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1675+ words) RWANDA · EAST AFRICA A war next door, a US-brokered peace deal and a closed southern border shape how Rwanda deals with its region. The Rwanda neighbourhood is small on the map but crowded with history. Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the…...