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This August 11, Chad celebrates its independence. In 1960, François Tombalbaye became the country's first president. Sixty-one ...
Read moreNew evidence confirms that notable and ancient intergroup cultural differences shaped the later stages of human evolution ...
Read moreFormer Senegalese wrestling champion Mbaye Guèye has died at the age of 75. The "first Tiger of Fass ...
Read moreThe city of Brandfort, in South Africa, changes its name and takes that of Winnie Mandela. A way of...
Read moreThis August 7, Côte d'Ivoire celebrates the 61 years of its independence. What remains of the inheritance of the father of ...
Read moreThirty-seven years ago, to the day, Upper Volta became Burkina Faso. At its head, a revolutionary, genuine ...
Read moreMuammar Gaddafi ruled Libya for more than four decades. Former dictator, the "Guide to the Revolution" ...
Read moreAt the end of July, Unesco placed eight Sudanese-style Ivorian mosques on the World Heritage list. Enough to allow ...
Read moreArrested and tried in Senegal in the 2010s, Hissène Habré reigned supreme for eight years and ...
Read moreCantor of Françafrique, the Central African Jean-Bedel Bokassa caused terror to reign, while leading a sumptuous and ...
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