Often called the 'Venice of Africa', Ganvie is a stunning lake village in the south of Benin and the largest lakeside village in the entirety of Africa, housing around 30,000 people. Built in the...

Africa’s sixth-biggest country, Niger, has taken a bold step to distance itself from its troubled past by adopting a new official language. For over 60 years, France controlled the country as part...

Brits have been warned that the Foreign Office is advised against “all but essential travel” to 21 countries. Venturing to these parts of the world could prove risky, according to the Foreign,...

A West African country, embroiled in a brutal civil war until 2003, has the smallest army on the entire continent as it plots a route to continued peace. Liberia, one of the only African states to...