In 1979, UNESCO named Elmina Castle a World Heritage Site for its central role in the transatlantic slave trade. Because of ...

In Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, it is estimated that over 70 per cent of the population live in informal settlements.

As Rwanda commemorates its independence, a historian and a political analyst argue that the independence granted on July 1, 1962, was partial and served colonial interests rather than truly liberating ...

The foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed a new peace agreement on 27 June 2025 under the auspices of the US.The agreement aims to foster long-term peace, ...

Since the Rwandan genocide, the ongoing conflict in east Congo has killed 6 million people, in attacks, famines and unchecked disease outbreaks stemming from the fighting.

More than 100 groups are engaged in ethnic disputes or fights in eastern Congo.  Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

An armed group at the centre of a long-running ethnic conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo's northeast attacked a ...

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a peace agreement Friday in Washington to end fighting that has killed ...

Heckler & Koch firearms have played an unheralded and destructive role in the civil wars that have consumed the country since ...

The land debate is clouded by emotion, dishonesty, and racial vaguenessOriginal land owners were the Bushmen, displaced by ...

Regional and Diasporic Network by Olayinka Oyegbile. Indiana Press; 2024 THE Yoruba Nation or ethnic group (whichever you prefer) is one of Nigeria’s ...

It is very hard and diverse to write a story that shows how power, politics, and development are all related in Africa. A ...