Here are the 15 biggest cities in Africa, ranked by population. Population estimates have been referenced from official government census figures, or if unavailable, from the most recent U.N. data ...

Even as Africa’s cities are crowded with inhabitants — but not dense with capital — they are physically fragmented and dispersed. They develop as collections of small, scattered neighborhoods. Without ...

The largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic ... may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region—and, in doing so, risk another catastrophic African war.

Africa, a continent of immense diversity, history and rapid urbanization, is home to some of the fastest-growing cities in the world. Its largest urban centers are economic and cultural powerhouses, ...