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Joe Biden in Africa: US president has ignored the continent for his entire term – why he’s visiting Angola

President Joe Biden (R) hosts his Angolan counterpart, President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, at the White House in 2023. Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty...

Steve Biko, the South African liberation struggle hero who considered dishonor worse than death

Steve Biko left an indelible mark on South African politics and history. Sowetan/AFF via Getty Images by Jacob Dlamini, Princeton University What happens when death becomes the...

South Africa’s security forces once brutally entrenched apartheid. It’s been a rocky road to reform

South Africa has clearly defined mandates for the police, military and intelligence services. Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images by Sandy Africa, University of Pretoria One of...

Cecilia Atim Ogwal: a fearless Ugandan politician who spoke her mind and challenged conventions

Cecilia Atim Ogwal (1946-2024). Anam Hilda/Wikimedia Commons by Aili Mari Tripp, University of Wisconsin-Madison Cecilia Barbara Atim Ogwal, one of Uganda’s longest-serving female legislators, passed away on...

Hage Geingob: Namibian president who played a modernizing role

The late Namibian president Hage Geingob. GCIS by Henning Melber, University of Pretoria Hage Gottfried Geingob served as the third president of Namibia from 2015 until his...

South Africa’s ANC marks its 112th year with an eye on national elections, but its record is patchy and future uncertain

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa, center, and his deputy, Paul Mashatile, right, help cut the cake at the party’s 112th anniversary celebration at Mbombela Stadium,...

Sharpeville: new research on 1960 South African massacre shows the number of dead and injured was massively undercounted

People lie dead in the aftermath of the unprovoked shooting of peaceful protesters. Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images by Nancy L Clark, Louisiana State University...

Brics: African countries face opportunities and risks in alienating China or the US

President Cyril Ramaphosa explained South Africa’s foreign policy ahead of hosting the 15th Brics summit. GCIS  - an expert weighs in by Christopher Isike, University of Pretoria South...

Jimmy Carter’s African legacy: peacemaker, negotiator and defender of rights

by Nancy Mitchell, North Carolina State University When historians and pundits praise Jimmy Carter’s achievements as the US president and extol his exemplary post-presidential years,...

US-Africa summit: four things African leaders should try to get out of it

At the 2022 US/Africa summit US President Joe Biden will be building on the 2014 gathering convened by Barack Obama. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Christopher Isike, University...

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