European explorers named the continent, not Africans. Ipsumpix/Corbis Historical/Getty Images
by Jonathan O. Chimakonam, University of Pretoria
Should African people be called black – or is the...
A Somali soldier controls the crowd at a protest in the capital Mogadishu on Jan.3, 2024.
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by Alemayehu Weldemariam, Indiana University
The Horn...
by Simon Lewis, College of Charleston
Twenty years ago, in October 2003, 26-year-old Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto the North American publishing scene...
Supporters of Niger’s pro-coup National Council for Safeguard of the Homeland celebrate.
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by Julius A. Amin, University of Dayton
Recent coups in the...
General Abdourahmane Tchiani, Niger’s new leader.
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by Leonardo A. Villalón, University of Florida
The West African nation Niger is under...
Vice President Kamala Harris and Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema walk outside the State House in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, on March 31, 2023.
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by Andreana Prichard, University of Oklahoma
Matthew Durham, a young missionary from Oklahoma, was convicted in 2015 of raping three girls and molesting a boy...
Jordanians being evacuated from Sudan amid fighting between two factions.
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by Christopher Tounsel, University of Washington
The sight of diplomats fleeing Sudan amid chaotic...
