In The Age of Change: How Urban Youth Are Transforming African Politics, Michelle Gavin, the Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), explores ...

MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Wilson Watira offered his hand when he met his political rival at a funeral, gesturing for a proper handshake. The man didn’t want contact, instead folding a piece of paper that ...

In February 1961, it was revealed that the Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba, the first Prime Minister of the new Democratic Republic of the Congo, had been executed the month before.

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Punching above Weight: How the African Union Commission Exercises Agency in Politics Punching above Weight: How the African Union Commission Exercises Agency in Politics (pp. 254-273) Understanding ...

South Africa finds itself in a dangerous historical moment. The world order is under threat from its own primary architect. The US wants to remain the premier global political power without taking on ...

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From golf diplomacy to crypto czarship, US President Donald Trump is increasingly surrounded by South African-born/South Africa-raised, ultrawealthy power players. But what binds these men, including ...

Could the Conference of the Left mark the beginning of genuine left consolidation in South Africa? What has triggered this moment, and why now? One of the most significant developments in South Africa ...

President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday with a video allegedly showing grave treatment of White farmers. Trump has claimed that White ...