In the wake of these coups, the South African government has expressed condemnation ... as well as executive power. His recent books are Super President: The History and Future of Executive ...

The 1990s brought some positive changes. With the end of the Cold War, dozens of African countries experienced ...

In “Talk to Me,” Rich Benjamin investigates his family’s harrowing past to better understand the troubles that continued to plague them.

Leonard Mbotela, born in Mombasa in 1940, died in a Nairobi hospital after a broadcasting career spanning six decades. Famous ...

What is today the Boys & Girls Club of Southeastern North Carolina formed out of two longtime Wilmington clubs for boys: ...

Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...

By Saikou Jammeh Reporting from Dakar, Senegal Three military-ruled countries have officially withdrawn from the West African regional alliance known as ECOWAS, the bloc said on Wednesday ...

There has been a growing recognition that psychology, as a discipline, must engage more deeply with local contexts.

The annual African American Children’s Book Fair (AACBF) returned to Philadelphia for the its 33rd year. The book fair is one of the oldest and largest book fairs for African American children ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The junta-led West African nations of Niger ... It has struggled in recent years to reverse rampant coups in the region where citizens have complained of not benefitting ...

Africa has had a long-running love-hate relationship with military men who martial their way to the presidency. Depending on who you ask, coup leaders like Jerry Rawlings, Gamal Abdel Nasser ...