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In a bid to present our ancestors as primitive people, European anthropologists and historians would discount the contributions of Africans towards civilisation. Ancient Egyptian civilisation is…

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have broken a two-year siege of the city of El-Obeid in North Kordofan by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). It comes…

This week’s proverb is a call to action – don’t wait for a tragedy before trying to prevent one. It may well be in the minds…

At the tender age of 21, most are still navigating the waters of youth, free from the weight of the world’s expectations. But Fredrick Allen Hampton,…

Sixty years ago on this day, 21 February, in 1965, Pan-Africanist revolutionary and human rights activist Malcolm X was assassinated at the age of 39 when…

The World Health Organisation says the latest offensive by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels – which reportedly saw them take control of much of the eastern Democratic Republic…

CONGOLESE ABANDONED BUT $1 BILLION RAISED IN 24H FOR NOTRE-DAME? It is essential to recognise that the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…

In this week’s ‘Wednesday Wisdom,’ Argentina-born Cuban revolutionary and ally to the African struggle for liberation, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara (1928-67), reminds us that the Congo problem…

Videos have emerged showing multiple embassies being torched and vandalised by protesters in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa – including the Belgian, French and…

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized control of Minova, a vital trading centre situated just 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Goma, the capital of war-torn North Kivu…