The African continent is undergoing a geological transformation that, in the distant future, could create a new ocean.

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa, ...

Imagine placing Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, Australia and Antarctica into one huge basin and still having room to sail around. That’s essentially what a recent World in Maps illustration ...

African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has said most maps skew the size of land masses, making Africa seem much smaller ...

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century ...

LONDON/DAKAR, Aug 14 (Reuters) - (This Aug. 14 story has been refiled to clarify the number of AU member states in paragraph 3) The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments ...