Saturday Feb 11th, 2012

Nelson Mandela, 22 years after his release from prison

On the 11th of February 1990, Mandela walked out of a South African prison, a free man for the first time in twenty-seven years.
Wednesday Jan 25th, 2012

Idi Amin takes power in Uganda

January 25, 1971
Wednesday Jan 11th, 2012

Algeria’s televised coup d’état

The 20th anniversary of the military coup that cancelled Algeria’s elections
Friday Dec 9th, 2011

Frantz Fanon: Third world revolutionary

Fanon died 50 years ago this month.
Friday
Dec 9th, 2011

In your face in Cairo

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Friday
Dec 2nd, 2011

Barnard performs first heart transplant

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Friday
Nov 4th, 2011

Carter finds King Tut’s tomb

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Thursday
Nov 3rd, 2011

Soon facing Iranian nuclear missiles

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Wednesday
Nov 2nd, 2011

Sudan: How much do you know?

2011 Place of the Year

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Wednesday
Nov 2nd, 2011

Haile Selassie I takes throne of Ethiopia

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Friday
Oct 21st, 2011

Abina and the Important Men: A Graphic History

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Thursday
Oct 20th, 2011

17 October 1961: Fifty years on

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Monday
Aug 1st, 2011

A Merciless Place

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