Despite its diminutive size on the all-too-common world maps that use Mercator projection, Africa is the second-largest ...

On Sunday, karate enthusiasts in Freetown competes in a version of the martial art called kyokushin. It has been growing in ...

Lagos, in Nigeria, is Africa's most populous megacity with over 23million people crammed into the huge metropolis. But it may surprise many to hear that another city that has been branded the "capital ...

While most countries have just one capital city, a few around the world take a different approach, splitting national duties across two or even three capital cities.

According to Budget Your Trip, Cairo is the cheapest capital city in Africa. Travellers typically spend around $20 (about £16) per day, which covers accommodation, meals, transport and sightseeing.

South Africa’s police ministry is closing in on Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan municipality, which has been ranked as the ...

Africa's largest war led ... the world can now see what's left of the city. NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu was just there and joins us now from the de facto capital of Port Sudan. Emmanuel, thanks ...

While the Democratic Republic of Congo reels from a new rebel offensive in the east, its capital in the west ... the second largest country in Africa, hundreds of people have died annually ...

A symbol of decay and rot in Pretoria’s city centre, Schubart Park, is promised a R1 billion redevelopment into housing, ...

Sudan's capital city Khartoum has been liberated after more than two years of civil war. But as NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu witnessed when he travelled there, it has been left in ruins.