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Here is New York Times columnist Bret Stephens agitating for an invasion of Venezuela on ‘moral and national security’ grounds. Perhaps this columnist has amnesia or…

On this day (14 January) in 1965, Ghana welcomed the Argentine-born revolutionary Che Guevara (1928-67) during his three-month journey across Africa. Guevara’s mission was to forge…

Many African nations cut diplomatic and other ties with Israel after the 1973 Ramadan War (Yom Kippur War). However, many factors – from the desire for…

Africa does not need the world, the world needs Africa. It’s a simple message from the former African Union envoy to the U.S. Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao.…

Did you know that the two small island countries of Mauritius and Seychelles have the strongest passports in Africa? We break down why citizens of these…

African countries may have gained their independence but those countries’ languages haven’t. Some schools still ban them, requiring students to use the language of former colonial…

Western media paints US imperialism as an altruistic initiative to bring democracy to savages too simple-minded to know who their enemies are. But, sometimes, the truth…

We all know Africa is essentially being plundered though exploitative mineral-extraction deals. But what would you think if you learned that not only are non-Africans reaping…

Just as any two living creatures have a common ancestor in the tree of life, so any two languages have a common tongue from which they…

This week’s Facts of the Week centre on our missing artefacts – missing, that is, from Africa. We know where many of them are: in European…