The colonization of Africa has created many seemingly arbitrary (and sometimes problematic) borders. One of these African borders is so complicated that it is the only one of its kind in the world ...

The southern African country Namibia has a border shaped like a pan handle due to a strange deal made by Germany and France in the late 19th Century.

East Africa has made greater strides towards the free flow of people crossing borders and seeking work than most of Africa. Only the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is in the ...