An incredible map shows the “true ... it accounts for about 18 percent of the world's human population. Africa's population is the youngest among all the continents; the median age in 2012 ...

the continent is nearly 14-and-a-half times larger. Greenland is just 2,166,086 square kilometres (sq km), whereas Africa is 30,043,862 sq km. However, flat maps show something quite different.

Brits may feel that getting from one end of their country to another is a long-distance haul. But their perspective on the ...

Ask pupils if they can say what Africa is. Explain that it is one of several continents that make up the world. Discuss the meaning of continent and show these on a globe or 2D map of the world.

Africa's top historians take a fresh look at the events and characters that have shaped the continent from the origins of humankind to the end of South African apartheid. See the rise and fall of ...