Africa’s second awakening and the unfinished business of colonial rule

Africa’s crises are routinely framed as internal and self-generated. Conflict is presented as dysfunction. Poverty as ...
The Africa Report

10 colonial laws still governing Africa today

More than 60 years after most African states gained independence, the legal infrastructure imposed by former colonial powers continues to exert outsized influence. Across the continent, outdated ...
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France’s Secret War in Cameroon Is Still Choking Its People

The world’s oldest president, Cameroon’s Paul Biya, is running for yet another term. Biya’s autocratic rule stems directly from a brutal colonial war France waged in the 1950s and ’60s while keeping ...
The New York Times

Macron Honors African Soldiers Who Helped Liberate France in World War II

Two months after D-Day, an Allied force dominated by soldiers conscripted from French colonies swept into southern France. It’s a chapter of its history that France has long obscured. By Roger Cohen ...
World Politics Review

In Africa, the Race for Critical Minerals Is Recreating Colonial Models

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The Africa Report

10 items of colonial loot Africa wants back

Europe is re-evaluating its colonial past. Statues are being torn down, buildings are being renamed and African art on display in some of the most prestigious European institutions is finally making ...
War on the Rocks

Be Kennedy, Not Kissinger: What Cold War Competition in Guinea and Angola Can Teach Us About U.S. Influence in Western Africa

Since 2020, a number of African governments have distanced themselves from the United States and its allies while deepening ties with Russia and its Wagner Group mercenaries. Moscow has ramped up its ...