When World War II started, Africa was (save for certain exceptions) a tapestry of colonies. A third of the continent’s ...

So when conscription officers came to their village one day and singled out Ogunde for the war – a war they had never heard ...

Longtime foes Ethiopia and Eritrea could be headed towards war, officials in a restive Ethiopian region at the centre of the ...

Rosie the Riveters is a term to describe women who took on industrial and government jobs during WWII. Millions of women stepped up to help, including African American women.

It is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman – or a Christian. Disease is rampant, and children as young as 4 are being forced to work in mines. The Democratic Republic of ...

“This region cannot take another war,” says Nicholas Haysom, head of the UN mission in South Sudan. Sadly, that does not mean it won’t get one. Sign up to the Analysing Africa, a weekly ...

South African and Malawian peace troops from the Southern African Development Community Mission in DRC (SAMIDRC) and the United Nations’ MONUSCO remain trapped in their bases at Goma Airport and ...

In African embassies, few voices are willing to speak out on the war in Ukraine. Many of the diplomats contacted by RFI were reluctant to discuss the subject - a silence that reflects a posture ...

While South Africa has sought to display neutrality in the war between Russia and Ukraine, it has been accused of leaning towards Moscow. In October, Ramaphosa described Russia as “valuable ...

"A great story, and rarely has a story been told on African Americans in World War II, but this African American unit of all females," he said. Their story is now a Netflix movie starring Kerry ...