The Ethiopian state of Tigray is the latest region to attempt to break away from the central government of an African nation. The Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front retook the capital city of Mekelle ...
European powers were slow to realize the benefits of grabbing African territories, but once the mad rush to claim land started in 1876, the continent was quickly — and at times brutally — overrun. By ...
Maano Ramutsindela is an associate professor of environmental and geographical science at the University of Cape Town. Updated July 4, 2014, 12:45 PM The partitioning of Africa by European empires has ...
Africa`s last colony gained its independence Wednesday as white-ruled South Africa surrendered its long dominion over the territory of Namibia. Cheers went up at the independence ceremony at ...
“Colonial 5 Franc CFA note, 1926 (recto)” by nebedaay is licensed with CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses ...
The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...
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