Most countries argue endlessly about where to place a single capital. South Africa decided to pick three. And yes — all three are official capitals, each with a different job. The story goes back more ...

An African country can decide to move its capital for many reasons, including economic, geographic, spatial reasons or distancing itself from its colonial past. The capital was moved from Lagos to ...

Everyone knows Abuja is Nigeria’s capital. But did you know some African countries split their capitals across two or more cities? When Nigeria moved its capital from Lagos to Abuja in 1991, it was ...

The construction of South Sudan's new $10 billion capital remains shrouded in mystery, with virtually no progress made more than 13 years after it was first announced, according to an analysis of ...

You may know capitals today, but these former capitals are a journey through time – these are places that were once at the center of life. Only the keenest geography minds can truly recognize them: ...