When a child opens a world atlas, they deserve the truth—not illusion. For centuries, however, geography lessons have been ...

Last week Johnathan Bascom traveled 7,500 miles southeast and arrived back in East Africa.“Fewer and fewer geographers focus ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The African Union has started an effort to oust the Mercator projection map and replace it with what it says is a more accurately drawn map. The 16 ...

Rivers that don’t connect, coasts that resist trade, and deserts that divide—Africa’s geography shaped its fate in ways the world still feels. Trump is on a collision course with Ireland – and it ...