It’s time to rethink how Africa’s public spaces are defined and designed – by listening to how people already make cities ...

Mesopotamia, located in the fertile valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, was one of the cradles of civilization around 6000 years ago and the birthplace of the first writing system. Each ...

A detail of the Madaba Map reveals how its makers imagined the world from above. The large body of water is the Dead Sea, and the central walled city is Jerusalem. Tensions between Muslims and ...

Oppression and violent crimes against women especially stalking and murders surged in 2017 Incidents like the rape and murder of sevenyearold Hasini Chandru or more recently the immolation of 21yearol ...

Quito, the capital of Ecuador, was founded in the 16th century on the ruins of an Inca city and stands at an altitude of 2,850 m. Despite the 1917 earthquake, the city has the best-preserved, least ...

A Malian army base came under attack on Monday, and shells were fired at the airport in the northern city of Timbuktu, where heavy gunfire was heard, the army, local officials and residents said.Junta ...

But then the shrines of Timbuktu were attacked. Ansar Eddine went on an unholy rampage, “cleansing” the fabled city of its Sufi relics and destroying historical sites deemed incongruous to its ...

Experts believe the lost city Tharais wasn’t just an agricultural village—it may have also been a spiritual hub.