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Harvard agrees to relinquish early photos of slaves after long legal battle
Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum...
Read moreDetailsECOWAS at 50: Celebrating unity as the region fragments
Exactly 50 years ago, on May 28, 1975, fifteen West African countries agreed to establish the Economic Community of West...
Read moreDetailsNamibia: how did the Herero and Nama genocide happen?
For a long time, it was "the forgotten genocide". Eclipsed by the Holocaust and Germany's role in it, the mass...
Read moreDetailsHow to address conflicts caused by colonial-era borders in Africa’s oceans
When boundaries are disputed, it also means that local fishers are likely to encroach into neighbouring waters, often unknowingly, in...
Read moreDetailsHow the dangerous terrorists in West Africa get the money they need to survive
The 2024 global terrorism index listed Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin as one of the world’s most dangerous terrorist organisations. Its influence...
Read moreDetailsMeet the people vying to lead Africa’s top development bank
Five candidates are running to become President of the African Development Bank in an election on Thursday during the lender's...
Read moreDetailsTowards Nigeria’s Path to Economic Independence: Homegrown Solutions in Focus
By 2050, Nigeria will host a 240 million labour force, mainly living in urban areas. By reducing administrative barriers on...
Read moreDetailsFrom History’s Shadows: Addressing Apartheid-Era Crimes in South Africa
Apartheid was an institutionalised regime of racial segregation and systematic oppression implemented in South Africa for the purpose of depriving...
Read moreDetailsThe Mobile Money Boom: Why Sub-Saharan Africa Holds the Crown
Mobile money has gained a significant amount of worthy attention in Sub-Saharan Africa over the past decade due to the...
Read moreDetailsDescendants of slave owners and enslaved people in the Caribbean call for reparations at the UN
The great-great-grandson of 19th-century British Prime Minister William Gladstone said he was horrified to learn seven years ago that his ancestors were...
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