The Bismarck-led talks lasted from November 15, 1884 until February 26, 1885. On the agenda ... fell following World War I, a map closer to what we now know as Africa would emerge.

Africa has the most countries of any continent ... Most of these artificial borders trace back to the 1884-1885 Berlin Conference, a meeting that concluded 140 years ago this week in which ...

For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...

The situation in the Congo may not be directly associated with capitalism but without capitalism, the situation would have ...

Immigrants are black and brown people who come from countries in the Global South, including nations in Africa. Expatriates, ...

ROGER McKENZIE argues that Africa's ultimate liberation depends on its ability to decolonise itself including the redrawing of its present national borders imposed by Europe ...

Today, you watch a film that maps the violence ... To do so is to watch history unfold and decide to let it repeat. Maybe 1885—King Leopold’s curse, backed by the Western world’s infamous ...

Portraying China’s presence in Africa with flags on maps can distort African states’ sovereignty and their power to make ...

China has become Africa’s single largest trading partner. In response, media and policymakers in traditionally dominant states are increasingly using maps drenched in red or stamped with Chinese ...