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Sudan's war is 'deepening and widening' a famine crisis, hunger monitoring report says
• Dec. 24, 2024, 8:17 AM ET (AP)
France observes a day of mourning for victims of Cyclone Chido in its Mayotte territory off Africa
• Dec. 23, 2024, 10:07 AM ET (AP)
UN food agency says 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves in West and Central Africa
• Dec. 20, 2024, 7:11 AM ET (AP)
France's Macron says tour of cyclone-devastated Mayotte is a day he won't forget
• Dec. 19, 2024, 5:17 PM ET (AP)
Survivors recount 'very apocalyptic' cyclone that ripped through French territory of Mayotte
• Dec. 18, 2024, 11:39 PM ET (AP)
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 33001 words)