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During the past few weeks in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a lengthy conflict has been condensed into a series…

Andrée Blouin (1921–1986) was a central figure in the struggles for decolonization that swept Africa in the 1950s and ’60s, nicknamed “the…

A few minutes after 5 AM on Sunday, the 3rd of December 2023, Kenyan soldiers loaded themselves into a Kenya Air Force plane…

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From the Port of Lobito in Angola, along Africa’s Atlantic coast, runs a 1,300km (800-mile) stretch of railway that passes through neighbouring…