Geographical name changes can be a result of a shift in regimes, indigenous movements, decolonisation, or political factors.

The Davis Friends Meeting will show the film “SoundTrack to a Coup d’Etat” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13 at the Meetinghouse at ...

Were you told that gold mining in southern Africa started after 1852 ? Or that the export of iron, steel, copper and gold began in the late 19th cent ...

The epic of Sunjata Keita has become heritage of the entire African continent ...

Malabo, the island capital of Equatorial Guinea, sits closer to Cameroon than its own mainland, reflecting a complex colonial ...

Sam Nujoma, the fiery freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its ...

In 1924 an Australian anthropologist and anatomist, Raymond Dart , acquired a block of calcified sediment from a limestone quarry in South Africa. He painstakingly removed a fossil skull from this ...

Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson traveled to the port city of Dakhla, on the West African coast, to launch his budget airline’s ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request ...

More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them ...

Night - Clear. Winds W. The overnight low will be 33 °F (0.6 °C). Sunny with a high of 56 °F (13.3 °C). Winds variable at 3 to 7 mph (4.8 to 11.3 kph). Showers today with a high of 64 °F (17. ...

Government-led plans to expand energy access with ambitious targets. Access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy is critical for powering Africa, transforming economies, and reaching people ...