Figures

By Peter Kimani* Kenya’s most celebrated author Ngugi wa Thiong'o marked his 84 birthday on January 5. Having published his...

Hissene Habre, the former strongman president of Chad and security ally of the West during the Cold War who was...

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a controversial figure in Malian history, was born January 29, 1945, in the southern Malian city of...

By Gavin Evans* Kenneth Kaunda, the former president of Zambia, who has died in hospital in the capital, Lusaka, at the age...

General Idriss Déby Itno, a military powerhouse and one of Africa's longest-serving leaders was born in 1952 into a family of...

By Aikande Clement Kwayu*   John Joseph Pombe Magufuli was a man who deftly played the long political game. He was...

By Gerhard Maré* Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, who has passed away at the age of 72, was the longest reigning of all Zulu...

By Nicholas Boston* Among the hundreds of thousands of patriots that Poland celebrates for serving in the resistance movement in World...

By Kjell Johannes Havnevik* The former Tanzanian president Benjamin William Mkapa, who died on July 24, was the country’s third president....

Omoyele Sowore a media expert, public commentator, human rights activist, writer, and lecturer originate from Ese Odo, Ondo State, Nigeria....