In Unbroken Chains: a 5000 year history of African enslavement (Hurst, 2025) former BBC Africa Editor, Martin Plaut, provides ...

In the months after the end of the Second World War, around 200 socialists and other radicals met at the Fifth Pan-African ...

Throughout humanity's history, there have been lasting empires that stood for millennia, ruling vast areas of land and people ...

It’s a cool morning in the montane rainforest of western Rwanda’s Nyungwe National Park. Sunbeams stream down from the canopy, glowing in the mist. Birdsong pierces the still air. Jacques Habimana, a ...

God willing, ibn Kathir’s narrative (Qur’an 44:37) about how the two rabbis from the Jewish kingdom of Tubba in Yemen protected the Ka’bah from destruction will set a good example for Arab and Jewish ...

Aliko Dangote, the richest Black man in the world, is looking to expand his business into India. In a recent conversation ...

Not much gets your heart pumping faster than a spy thriller. From high-stakes missions to cat-and-mouse chases in exotic ...

Dr Dick McPherson, co-founder and chairman of the Monmouth Aid Project, has passed away. He was instrumental in transforming ...

Dr Dick McPherson, co-founder and chairman of Monmouth Aid, has passed away. He was instrumental in transforming lives in ...

The U.S. now assumes leadership of the G20 until the Miami summit ends on December 15, 2026 – but not without having lost some crucial soft power. In the ...

What do we know about the legendary Egyptian King Sesostris? Was he a real person? According to evidence, he was.

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