By the 1890s, Africa had become a central topic in European diplomacy, with countries signing numerous bilateral treaties that carved the continent into spheres of influence. MAP OF THE DIVISION ...

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 ...

An armed Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict could trigger a regional war, potentially altering East Africa’s borders[1]. Angola plays a key role in eastern Congo’s ongoing conflict, stemming from its own ...