After more than a century of German and South African rule, Namibia finally gained its independence on this day in 1990. Working-class struggles and organizations played a vital role in the country’s ...

Septimius Severus was capable by turns of savagery, cunning, wit and generosity. He was always blessed with a sense of the ...

Verulam, a town rich in history, commemorates 176 years of existence. From the Wesleyan Settler movement to becoming the seat for the Magistracy, hospital and gaol - including the settlement of ...

The Vatican has unveiled the itinerary for Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming four-nation tour of Africa, revealing that Christian-Muslim relations, comforting victims of violence, and encouraging the Catholic ...

The Vatican has released details of Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming four-nation Africa tour. The itinerary suggests Christian-Muslim relations, comforting victims of violence and encouraging the Catholic comm ...

Ancient DNA reveals that the Goths of eastern Europe, some of whom would ultimately sack the city of Rome, may have been a mix of peoples from three continents ...

Zelensky says Washington had proposed hosting a meeting but Moscow refused to send a delegation to take the talks forward ...

In June 1940, as France collapsed and Britain faced the prospect of resisting the Nazis alone, Winston Churchill searched for a French leader willing to keep fighting ...

Around the year 600 AD, Egypt and North Africa were among the most important provinces of the Byzantine Empire. Egypt remained the empire’s main grain supplier, feeding the enormous population of ...

Pope Leo XIV will make a 10-day trip through Africa visiting four countries in a trip seen as significant to Catholics in the continent.

An old, flattened piece of limestone inscribed with a crisscross of grooves looks like the board for a game, but for nearly a century, no one knew how the game was played. Now, researchers have used ...

The IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia Department is co-organizing with the Bank of Algeria a conference titled North Africa: Connecting Continents, Creating Opportunities. This conference will ...