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Politics of Ghana takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the president of Ghana is both head of state...

The Congolese Rally for Democracy (French: Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie; abbreviated RCD), also known as the Rally for Congolese Democracy...

An attempted coup d'état occurred in Cameroon in 1984, when presidential palace guards unsuccessfully tried to overthrow President Paul Biya. The fighting...

Wingate Park is a suburb of the city of Pretoria, South Africa. Located south-east of Pretoria CBD and just west of Moreleta Park in a leafy, established...

Mamadou Bagayoko (born 31 December 1989) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a defender. He is currently playing for Hibernians in the Maltese...

Elardus Park (Afrikaans: Elarduspark) is a residential suburb of the city of Pretoria, South Africa. It is located to the south of Waterkloof Ridge in...

Lynnwood Manor is a suburb of the city of Pretoria, South Africa. It is a well-developed area, lying to the east of the city centre. When it was first...

Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (2 August 1799 Dillenburg, Hessen, Holy Roman Empire – 13 December 1858 Cape Town), was a botanical and insect collector who...

Carl Peters (27 September 1856 – 10 September 1918) was a German explorer and colonial administrator. He was a major promoter of the establishment of the...

ʿAbd (Arabic: عبد) is an Arabic word meaning one who is subordinated as a slave or a servant, and it means also to worship. The word can also be transliterated...

The Office of Radio and Television of Mali (French: Office de radiodiffusion et de télévision du Mali, ORTM) is the national broadcaster of the West African...

The Rais massacre, of August 28, 1997, was one of Algeria's bloodiest massacres of the 1990s. It took place at the village of Rais, near Sidi Moussa and...

Abdi Mohamoud Omar (Somali: Cabdi Maxamuud Cumar) also known as Abdi Ilay (Somali: Cabdi Ilay) is an Ethiopian politician who was serving as president...

Flower Girl is a 2013 Nigerian Romantic comedy film produced by Michelle Bello and Michelle Dede, and distributed by Blu Star Entertainment. The film was...

The Sidi-Hamed massacre took place on the night of January 11, 1998 (the last day of Ramadan), in the town of Sidi-Hamed (or Sidi-Hammad), 30 km south...

Soboma George (died August 24, 2010) was a militant in both the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta and The Outlaws. In August 2009 George...

The Tadjena massacre was an incident resulting in 81 deaths. Beginning about 9:00 p.m. on December 8 and continuing until early December 9, 1998, 81 villagers...

Sir Charles Rivers Wilson (1831–1916) was a British civil servant and financier. Wilson was born in London on 19 February 1831. He studied at Eton College...

George Hallett (December 30, 1942 – July 1, 2020) was a South African photographer known for images of South African exiles. His body of work captures...

According to the "Algerian Committee of Free Activists for Human Dignity and the Rights of Man", which says its claims are based on witnesses' testimony...