New project set to rename public spaces bearing names of colonial officers as Dakar distances itself from France.

British writer and explorer Wilfred Thesiger described the wastelands of Saudi Arabia as “a desert within a desert, so ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

Rwandan-backed rebels gained ground in eastern Congo on Wednesday despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this week, taking control of a city 60 miles (96 kilometers) from the ...