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Jan. 29, 2024, 3:01 AM ET (AP)
What is ECOWAS and why have 3 coup-hit nations quit the West Africa bloc?
Jan. 28, 2024, 12:04 AM ET (AP)
Houthi attacks in the Red Sea are idling car factories and delaying new fashion. Will it get worse?
Jan. 23, 2024, 8:02 PM ET (AP)
Gangly adolescent giraffe Benito has a new home. Now comes the hard part — fitting in with the herd
Jan. 23, 2024, 7:37 PM ET (AP)
Blinken pitches the US as an alternative to Russia's Wagner in Africa’s troubled Sahel
Jan. 22, 2024, 8:55 PM ET (AP)
Blinken begins Africa tour in Cape Verde, touting the US as a key security and economic partner
Africa, the second largest continent (after Asia), covering about one-fifth of the total land surface of Earth. The continent is bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the east by the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, and on the south by the mingling waters of the Atlantic and Indian oceans. Africa’s total land area is approximately 11,724,000 square miles (30,365,000 square km), and the continent measures about 5,000 miles (8,000 km) from north to south and about 4,600 miles (7,400 km) from east to west. Its northern extremity is Al-Ghīrān ...(100 of 32999 words)