In 1974, the Congo’s grand dictator completed his “Africanisation” of the Congo by renaming it Zaire. He discarded his birth name and crowned himself Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga — “the ...

Last Monday, we all woke up to the not-so-shocking news of Paul Biya’s eighth-term victory at age 92. I chuckled because this ...

WHEN I entered the University of Guyana as a freshman in the history programme, one of the books sweeping the world and the UG campus was E. F. Schumacher’s ...

A coalition of jihadist groups affiliated with al-Qaida have laid siege to landlocked Mali’s capital. For over a month, they ...

Op-ed: The minerals of Lubumbashi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's second-largest city, electrified the world, created ...

When Cameroon rsquo;s founding president, Ahmadou Ahidjo, stepped down in November 1982, he left behind one of Central Africa rsquo;s most promising economies .

November 11, 2025, marks the fiftieth anniversary of Angola’s independence, ending more than five centuries of Portuguese ...

THE HOLLOWNESS OF THE NATIONAL PARTY FOREIGN POLICY AND THE HOLLOW MAN THAT PURSUED IT - PIK BOTHA, AN ASSESSMENT “No man is a hero to his valet” Anne-Marie Bigot de Cornuel \{ ...

The Story of Faustus Reimagined for Modern Day Africa I have a thing about puppets. That is to say, I love them. Not the ...

For one thing, he was a ruthless military general who had no qualms about resorting to violence to maintain order and stability throughout his 32-year rule in this country.

The NFL suspended Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch for one game after he punched Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster to spark a brawl at the end of the Chiefs vs. Lions "Sunday Night ...