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The Biggest Lie in Geography Is About Africa—And It’s Time to Correct It
For centuries, the world has been misled about Africa’s true size. The Mercator map—one of the most widely used world ...
Do African MPs reflect the people who vote for them? We studied 17 countries to find out
Members of parliaments across Africa face regular accusations of being unrepresentative of their constituents.
Foreign Affairs3d
What “the Global South” Really Means
In October 2024, at the most recent BRICS summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the countries of the “global South” ...
Council on Foreign Relations3d
Why Sub-Saharan Africa Matters for U.S. Economic and National Security
Building relationships with the region, rather than transactional neocolonialism, is the best route for strengthening the ...
The Standard4d
Murkomen says AI and regional cooperation key to Africa's security
Top African security officials have called for enhanced intelligence collaboration and the adoption of Artificial Intelligence to counter evolving threats.
Africanews on MSN4d
South Africa’s diplomatic gamble: strategic defiance or risky isolation [Africanews Debates]
Experts debated whether South Africa’s tensions with the US signal strategic defiance or risky isolation. While some warn of ...
South Africa’s unity government risks collapse as parties clash over national budget
South Africa 's fragile unity government was shaken again Wednesday as the country's second-largest political party broke ...
Opinion
Comment: Can we blame Mercator for Trump’s Greenland obsession?
To get around this distortion, other map-makers have come up with different compromises. A projection named after the geographer Arthur Robinson curves the longitudes but keeps the latitudes straight ...