Americans have been warned against travelling to certain parts of Africa, with a string of updated advisories issued by the U.S. State Department in recent weeks. Meanwhile, many other countries ...

When Africa was carved up in the late 1800s Western Sahara came under Spanish colonial control and was known as Spanish Sahara. Later, France acquired a protectorate over most of the region.

When Africa was carved up in the late 1800s Western Sahara came under Spanish colonial control and was known as Spanish Sahara. Later, France acquired a protectorate over most of the region.

To develop the new map, Oelze and her team combined previously available strontium isotope data for parts of south and east Africa with data from Angola that the core team had published in 2023 and ...

COLUMN: Piri Reis, an Ottoman admiral and cartographer, is renowned for his world map created in 1513, which includes detailed representations of parts of Northern Africa.

Africa is not the only part of the world that has sparked such warnings by the State Department. Many countries in Europe are also under travel advisories for American visitors .