Lumumba remains a leading figure in Congolese and African history. He was a revolutionary and a national hero whose ...

It’s one of several attempts to end the deadly conflict in the troubled eastern DRC. Will it work where others failed?

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Critical minerals will continue to be drivers and stabilizers of US foreign policy for the foreseeable future.

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Ahead, discover 31 documentaries that remind us that the real world is still cinema’s richest terrain.

How did Swahili become an East African lingua franca? It was not by accident. I n March 1960 Julius Nyerere – then leader of ...

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Iran is highly fragmented and doesn’t have a long tradition of democracy or a unified opposition movement. So what happens if the supreme leader is toppled?

NUMSA statement on the US sponsored war against Iran. 30 June 2025. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA ...