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The Mau Mau rebellion (1952–1960), also known as the Mau Mau uprising, Mau Mau revolt, or Kenya Emergency, was a war in the British Kenya Colony (1920–1963)...

Religion in Africa is multifaceted and has been a major influence on art, culture and philosophy. Today, the continent's various populations and individuals...

Great Zimbabwe is a medieval city in the south-eastern hills of the modern country of Zimbabwe, near Lake Mutirikwe and the town of Masvingo. It was the...

The First Congo War, also nicknamed Africa's First World War, was a civil war and international military conflict which lasted from 24 October 1996 to...

The Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA), formerly known as Poqo, was the military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress, an African nationalist movement...

Moroni (French pronunciation: [mɔʁɔni]; Arabic: موروني, romanized: Mūrūnī) is the largest city, federal capital, and seat of the government of the Union...

Al-Ahram (Arabic: الأهرام; lit. 'The Pyramids'), founded on 5 August 1876, is the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper, and the second oldest...

The ǃKung (/ˈkʊŋ/ KUUNG) are one of the San peoples who live mostly on the western edge of the Kalahari desert, Ovamboland (northern Namibia and southern...

An uitlander, Afrikaans for "foreigner" (lit. "outlander"), was a foreign (mainly British) migrant worker during the Witwatersrand Gold Rush in the independent...

Ghana is a country of 33.48 million people and many native groups, such as: The Akans in the centre and South of the country, The Ga and Adangbe in, around...

The Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) is an ongoing water supply project with a hydropower component, developed in partnership between the governments...

Sbeitla (Arabic: سبيطلة Sbaytlā) is a small town in west-central Tunisia. Nearby are the Roman ruins of Sufetula, containing the best preserved Byzantine...

Occupy South Africa was a South African initiative primarily aimed at protesting and inciting mass action against the racial, economic and social inequality...

Vereeniging (Afrikaans pronunciation: [fəˈrɪənəχəŋ]) is a city located in the south of Gauteng province, South Africa, situated where the Klip River empties...

Visitors to Uganda must obtain an e-Visa or from one of the Ugandan diplomatic missions, unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries. All visitors...

Fès-Meknès or Fez-Meknes (Arabic: فاس-مكناس, romanized: fās maknās) is among the twelve Regions of Morocco. It has a population of 4,236,892 (2014 census)...

Egypt–Russia relations (Russian: Российско-египетские отношения) are the bilateral relations between Egypt and Russia. Diplomatic relations between the...

Tifariti (Arabic: تيفاريتي) is an oasis town and the temporary capital of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, located in north-eastern Western Sahara...

Maritime history of Somalia refers to the seafaring tradition of the Somali people. It includes various stages of Somali navigational technology, shipbuilding...

Lake Edward (locally Rwitanzigye or Rweru) is one of the smaller African Great Lakes. It is located in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East...