In recent months, Western governments have been loudly rethinking their aid strategies. The US announced a dramatic reduction ...

Gelasius is also responsible for a popular celebration which is still marked every year - establishing St Valentine's Day on ...

A Nok clay head. West Africa has been home to some great kingdoms and empires. The earliest of these kingdoms belonged to the Nok people. They were farmers, potters and metalworkers who settled ...

The central aim of Gomez is to provide an in-depth explication of the formation and eventual demise of the now relatively well-known but poorly described Niger River valley empires of Mali and Songhay ...

As President Donald Trump seeks a breakthrough with Putin on Ukraine, the Kremlin is stalling—and making gains elsewhere.

But the internal African slave trade in empires like Mali, Songhai, Ashanti, Dahomey or Egypt was the most pervasive and according to historians, more black people were enslaved within Africa by ...

He consistently denounced the exploitation of African resources and people in speeches and statements, called for peace and reconciliation between African nations, and highlighted the importance ...

The rise of illegal mining in the country has raised human rights concerns and questions about who ultimately benefits.

Africa is no longer a peripheral arena—it’s becoming a central platform for Moscow’s global strategy. As President Donald Trump seeks a breakthrough with Putin on Ukraine, the Kremlin is ...