A country in the North African region, Libya changed its flag in 2011 following the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. Libya reverted to the flag it used from 1951 to 1969, which consists of red, black, and ...

The African Union has joined a campaign calling for the widely-used Mercator map, which makes Africa appear smaller than it is, to be replaced with a map that more accurately reflects the continent's ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African flags flew at half-mast on Thursday in a tribute to hardline apartheid leader P.W. Botha who died on Tuesday, aged 90. Botha oversaw one of the most brutal ...