Despite an international reputation for conflict, piracy and danger, Somalia says it saw a 50% increase in tourists in 2024. As it launches an eVisa, is it really becoming a vacation destination?

The FCDO advises against all travel to parts of this east African nation. However, its department of tourism said 10,000 ...

Over 21 Million People Face Acute Hunger as Sudan War Intensifies, WFP WarnsMore than 21 million people in Sudan, nearly half the population, were not getting enough to eat as the war between the ...

Funny Banned Commercials: You want a kingdom? We found it!From icy wastelands and abandoned forts to sandbars nobody's ...

Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland said on Thursday it had cancelled its first women's football tournament as it fell foul of Islamic values, sparking outrage among women's rights groups.

An exhibition in Mumbai delves into its 500-year history, exploring how it became a bulwark of trade adopted by the Mughals ...

Why a single remark about future wars rippled through East Africa and what lies beneath the rhetoric COVER STORY | RONALD ...

There are men whose names become punctuation marks in a nation’s story. A pause in the country’s weather. A shift in its breathing. The kind of men who compel a nation to confront difficult questions ...

The hollow, self-righteous defence of “our culture” and “our values” has become an incendiary chant of the far right — particularly in Western, majority white Christian nations. Both are allegedly ...

Irish wood sculptor Liam Roe (1935–2010) devoted his life to the craft of wood sculpture, working with native hardwoods to create human and animal forms that reflect Irish cultural memory, history, ...

Pumpkins and squashes have a long-standing relationship with the Colorado landscape. Native squashes were prized by the indigenous people of the Americas. The Puebloan cultures cultivated early forms ...

In a world that is increasingly becoming globalized, there is an existential threat to indigenous languages by the march of international languages. Nigeria has more than 500 languages, making the ...