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Africa is transforming. Our people have woken up. We no longer accept exploitation by our former colonisers and reject economic and political bondage. But while the…

On this day, 16 February 1959, Fidel Castro (1926-2016) was sworn in as prime minister of Cuba after leading a guerrilla campaign that forced US-backed dictator…

On his last day in office, US President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned Marcus Garvey, 102 years after his controversial conviction on dubious mail fraud charges. The…

On this day in 1916, independent Algeria’s first elected president, a true revolutionary fighter, was born. Ben Bella’s journey to prominence began during World War II,…

In 1995, the Nelson Mandela-led African National Congress (ANC) government set up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), a court-like body tasked with investigating crimes committed…