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Co-opted administrative and economic bureaucracies have appropriated power and wealth by force, first for the benefit of a Tutsi and then of a Hutu elite

The death of legendary Congolese singer and dancer Tshala Muana last week at the age of 64 closed a chapter on one of the most successful careers in African music.

John Hughes won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting in Indonesia and went on to a career that spanned Voice of America and the Reagan administration.

Dan Torsiello’s passion for education and his approach to challenges – shaped as an undergraduate at Rutgers-New Brunswick – are driving him to help children 7,000 miles away through a project to build a primary school in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Richard Freeman, formerly a head-keeper at England’s Twycross Zoo , says: “An English ex-pat that gathered information

Dr Raïssa Malu inspired students at the African School of Fundamental Physics and Applications, held in Eastern Cape this year

On this 60th anniversary of the independence of Rwanda, FDU Inkingi calls on Rwandans to fight to regain the republican and democratic ideals usurped by the RPF

Taenia solium cysticercosis is a zoonotic disease that is endemic in many low- and middle-income countries where risk factors for disease transmission are present. The economic impact of cysticercosis on public health and on the pig production sector is not well known in many of those countries, including Burundi. This study aimed at estimating the burden of T. solium cysticercosis in Burundi including data on humans and pigs. Epidemiological and economic data were collected from literature up t...

A Belgian auction house is canceling the controversial sale of three human skulls from the country’s colonial era after sparking criticism.

Charles’ experience, from resistance fighter to kapo, is always on my mind.