The South African government has criticized the U.S. policy shift that will give priority to Afrikaners for asylum.

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South Africa’s G20 presidency is a chance to lobby for investment in drought-tolerant crops, better irrigation, and early ...

UNECA's Africa Governance Report (2005) and the UNDP's Human Development Report (2002) both emphasised that the focus should be on how democracy might be modified to fit African histories instead of ...

Even where national parks are well run, their presence does little to help preserve semi-protected areas such as ...

A military coup has unfolded in Madagascar, according to an Associated Press report that also indicates the country's parliament voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina, who recently fled the ...

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From Cameroon’s Biya, who has ruled since 1982, to Nigeria’s Tinubu, now 73, the continent’s leadership ranks are filled with presidents old enough to be grandfathers to many of their citizens. Africa ...

Discover notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. And yet Nkrumah’s political program was maddeningly miscellaneous, or just vague. He was some kind of socialist, not quite a communist, definitely ...

A recent groundbreaking proposal from Ghanian’s president for reparations for his country’s citizens stands to have an impact that reverberates throughout the world. But while many appreciate the ...

October 5, 2025: Mali has ended its cooperation with France on counterterrorism efforts. Five French diplomats believed to be involved were expelled from Mali. The current military government in Mali ...