Africa
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July 16, 2024, 3:00 AM ET (AP)
A 'new era' in malaria control has begun with a vaccination campaign for children in Ivory Coast
July 15, 2024, 11:21 PM ET (AP)
Provisional election results show Rwanda's Kagame cruising to victory, an outcome that was expected
July 15, 2024, 7:10 PM ET (AP)
Gambia upholds its ban on female genital cutting. Reversing it would have been a global first
July 12, 2024, 12:11 AM ET (AP)
Paul Kagame appears set to extend his long presidency of Rwanda in an election Monday
July 10, 2024, 3:41 PM ET (AP)
UN declares 2025 to 2034 the decade to combat increasing sand and dust storms from Africa to China
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)