The continent is also a country - but there are often misconceptions about the region it's a part of and how it's defined.

One sunny spot in the southern hemisphere is both the smallest continent in the world and a country in its own right.

All nations on the continent have rallied behind a common position endorsed by their heads of state, with African negotiating ...

While Britain, Argentina, Australia, Norway, France, New Zealand and Chile have long held territorial claims over the vast ...

Across the continent, flights are priced at a fraction of the cost of train tickets, hampering the growing number of people ...

In determining English proficiency by country, EF Education First involved about 2.2mn adults whose first language isn't English across 113 countries.

A Monterey man will run seven marathons in seven days across seven continents starting November 15 to support a local ...

The World Health Organisation declared mpox a global health emergency in mid-August. Read more at straitstimes.com.

With millions of people already displaced by climate change disasters in Africa, the richer countries most responsible for ...

Trump raised ire in Africa during his last presidency after U.S. officials said he referred to some African nations as “ shithole countries " and for Trump's mispronouncing Namibia’s name and ...

Under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement over 1.3 billion people will be connected into a single market. The ...

Kenya is the next biggest individual country market (11 per cent), followed by Côte d ... “This situation could delay or slow ...