The island is situated off the southeast coast of Africa and consists of numerous peripheral islands. It's a hotspot for biodiversity as around 90 percent of its plants and animals cannot be found ...

When you land at the miniature airport in Lamu, a group of islands off the coast of Kenya ... and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

One of the more famous dark tourism destinations is South Africa’s Robben Island. The island is now a UNESCO World Heritage site located about 7 miles off the coast of Cape Town. It was once ...

Cape Verde is the largest of the African island nations. It is an archipelago located in the central Atlantic Ocean, approximately 350 miles (570 km) off the coast of West Africa. It has a ...

A collection of 18 islands and 70 islets off the coast of Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, the Bijagos are home to about 30,000 people with their own language and unique traditions. They also teem with ...

Elizabeth Von Tersch, Senior Editor Sitting several miles off the coast of Cape Town's V&A Waterfront, Robben Island stands as a reminder of South Africa's troubled history. Since the city was ...

Although off Africa's western coast, the Canary Islands are part of Spain, and many migrants travel from Africa to the archipelago in the hope of reaching mainland Europe. The Western Africa ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius will hold ... Mauritius, which sits about 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles) off Africa’s east coast, is recognized as one of ...