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Less than 48 hours to election, Uganda shuts down social media
Ugandan authorities have asked internet service providers to impede the use of social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp ahead of the general election in the country scheduled for January 14....
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Dave Chappelle’s great-grandfather was born enslaved but became president of an HBCU
The comic extraordinaire, Dave Chappelle, continues to be praised as a comic who wields both humor and social critique at the same time and to the same degree, perhaps a little better than anyone before...
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Ethiopia arrests TPLF ‘junta leader’, eight others in Tigray clashes
Soldiers in the Ethiopian National Defense Force have arrested Sebhat Nega and eight other current and former high-ranking officials Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in the ongoing clash with...
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Baba Merzoug cannon: France seized this symbol of pride from Algeria 200 years ago; will they return it?
Algerians today look with pride to the 16th century Ottoman vassal state known as the Regency of Algiers, in a manner akin to how modern Scandinavians would speak of the Vikings or how Ghanaians aim to...
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After Morocco-US ‘besties’ agreement, what is the future of Western Sahara?
An independent Republic of Western Sahara moves farther from the grasp of the Polisario Front as the United States has expressed its intentions of establishing a consulate in the contested territory while...
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Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka throws his support behind Bobi Wine ahead of Uganda polls
The Nigerian Nobel laureate, playwright, novelist, and democracy advocate, Wole Soyinka, has reiterated his support for the 38-year-old Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, or Bobi Wine, who is looking to end Uganda...
