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Political activist and Tanzanian politician Bibi Titi Mohammed was born in June 1926 in Dar es Salaam, the capital city...

After a short stint working as an “untrained teacher,” between 1947 and 1949, Kimathi joined the Kenya African Union (KAU),...

Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi played a prominent role in South African politics for almost half a century. He was one of the last of...

An experienced politician with decades of activism under his belt, Zimbabwe's 45-year-old opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is still known to...

The 62-year-old general, Abdourahamane Tchiani is from Niger’s western region of Tillaberi, close to the border with Mali. He studied...

Kenya has been in a state of mourning since Friday (April 22, 2022) when president Uhuru Kenyatta announced the death...

Tanzania has been marking 100 years since the birth of its founding father, the late Julius Nyerere. Events have been...

Burkina Faso-born architect Diebedo Francis Kere was awarded with the Pritzker Prize, architecture's most prestigious award. The announcement was made on...

The fourth patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Abune Merkorios, has passed away after several weeks of hospital treatment...

Burkina Faso's new strongman, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has had first-hand experience of the brutal militant insurgency that he cites...