The burden that Patrice Lumumba, prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, assumed was an awesome one. On his young, slim ...

Niger’s junta has detained former Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum and his wife at the presidential palace in the capital, ...

Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...

Likewise, in Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, music is at the forefront of events that aren't as well known as the Nazi's rise to ...

The Davis Friends Meeting will show the film “SoundTrack to a Coup d’Etat” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13 at the Meetinghouse at ...

The Ministry of Interior has been directed to comb the country thoroughly for defaulting aliens and aliens arrested for ...

The 1990s brought some positive changes. With the end of the Cold War, dozens of African countries experienced ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and ...

Elon Musk is rapidly and illegally consolidating personal control over large swaths of the federal government with President ...

We talked with filmmakers and a historian about the tragedy in Wilmington in 1898, who say it's important to look back and ...

Two associates of Benin’s president have been sentenced to 20 years in prison for plotting a coup in the small West African ...

The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday. The previously announced withdrawal ...