But as my colleague Craig Whitlock points out, the United States already has boots on the ground in a surprising number of African countries. This map shows what sub-Saharan nations currently have ...

What I set out to do in this piece is to map out 10 of the most well-known countries on the continent. I must, however, point out that it was not easy to choose the 10 out of 54 African countries.

LAST month Kai Krause, a computer-graphics guru, caused a stir with a map entitled "The True Size of Africa", which showed the outlines of other countries crammed into the outline of the African ...

Brits may feel that getting from one end of their country to another is a long-distance haul. But their perspective on the matter might change if they use the fascinating size-comparison map tool ...

Meanwhile, many other countries on the continent remain covered by long-standing travel advisories warning of the risks to US citizens who travel there. Newsweek has created a map setting out the ...

A stock photo shows someone pointing to the continent of Africa on a world globe. In world maps that use the Mercator projection, some country sizes are heavily distorted. A stock photo shows ...

(See it here). A comparison of the Harvard and Goren maps show that the most diverse countries in the world are found in Africa. Both maps also suggest that the United States falls near the middle, ...