After our ancestors fought for independence, a resistance that cost more than an arm and a leg, it hasn't been easy for African countries to cut ties with colonial powers. Instead, they kept a heavy ...

After our ancestors fought for independence, a resistance that cost more than an arm and a leg, it hasn’t been easy for African countries to cut ties with colonial powers. Instead, they kept a heavy ...

It is hard to teach an old colonizer new tricks. For over a century, Belgium has played the same game in Rwanda—divide, ...

Even for a department that endured its share of scandals, the moves produced upheaval not seen in decades, tested its independence and rattled the foundations of an institution that long prided ...

The European Commission must help secure energy independence for Europe by promoting baseload power production, including ...

The African political leader’s autobiography, My Country, Africa, also offers a larger story of empire, oppression, and ...

For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...

That has ignited unprecedented interest in full independence from Denmark — a key issue in a parliamentary election on March 11. “Greenlanders don’t want to be Danish. Greenlanders don’t want to be ...

Belgium sold 5 billion euros in a new June 2042-dated government bond, or OLO, via a bank syndicate on Tuesday, one of the joint lead manager banks said. The transaction attracted 37 billion euros in ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Soldiers cover M1167 HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) anti-tank missile carriers during ...

This documentary by Belgian director Johan Grimonprez is about the turbulent years just before and after the independence of Congo and the murder of Patrice Lumumba, who was assassinated with Western ...