Christian evangelism first took root in Western Africa when Methodists and Anglicans settled in Sierra Leone in 1804 to evangelize freed slaves returned to that British colony. By 1860 British and ...
Standard Chartered, the biggest Africa-focused lender, refused to participate in the debt financing part of the $5-billion EACOP project. Trafigura is sponsoring new oil projects in African countries ...
Tanzania may soon consider leaving the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). This debate has grown stronger after recent calls on the court in The Hague from Lawyers for the victims, ...
Throughout Africa’s post-independence history, a troubling pattern has emerged: visionary leaders who stood against colonialism, foreign exploitation, and neocolonial control often met untimely and ...
Olly Wilson, an adventurous composer who integrated African, African-American and electronic rhythms, riffs and sounds into Western classical music conventions, died March 12 in Oakland, California.