When I first came to Washington in the 1990s, people who worked on North Africa were few and far between. It was considered a backwater; no one ever came to Washington to solve the Western Sahara ...

Predictably, the world map of GDP is dominated by North America and Europe, while Africa almost disappears. The population cartogram gives greater prominence to India and China, and makes ...

Some North Africans see jobs and an end to instability Europe, Miled said, could "gain 10 to 15 years in the fight against climate change" by importing solar energy from North Africa, as well as ...

Hundreds of wildfires have burned their way through Southern Europe and North Africa this week, with residents of nearby communities forced to flee the billowing smoke and advancing blazes ...

Europe backs aggressive operations by governments in North Africa that lead to migrants being dumped in barren deserts, a joint investigation shows.

Today, Barbary macaques are mainly found north of the Sahara in Africa, with an estimated 1,500–3,500 macaques in Algeria and around 8,000–9,000 in Morocco. While wild Barbary macaques only live in ...

For centuries, the Mercator map – one of the most widely used world maps – has shrunk the African continent, distorting its scale and minimising its global significance. Africa covers 30,37-million ...

North Africa's abundant solar and wind resources could supply up to 24 GW of clean energy to Europe via subsea interconnectors, accelerating the continent's transition to a greener power sector.

Africa is much bigger than you think. Traditional maps have downplayed the size of the continent in comparison to other parts of the world for hundreds of years.

Officials say dozens of people have died and tens of thousands forced to evacuate as wildfires devastate parts of southern Europe and North Africa. NBC News’ Ellison Barber reports.

Maps of world 'completely misleading' as true size of Europe, China and Africa revealed World maps are showing country sizes to be geographically inaccurate depending on their placement near the ...