Africa

Cameroon

August 22, 2014 Marion Amanambu 0

French Cameroon became independent in 1960 as the Republic of Cameroon. The following year the southern portion of neighboring British Cameroon voted to merge with […]

Burundi

December 20, 2013 Marion Amanambu 0

About Burundi Background: Burundi’s first democratically elected president was assassinated in October 1993 after only 100 days in office, triggering widespread ethnic violence between Hutu […]

Burkina Faso

December 18, 2013 Marion Amanambu 0

Background: Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) achieved independence from France in 1960. Repeated military coups during the 1970s and 1980s were followed by multiparty elections […]

Algeria

December 18, 2013 Marion Amanambu 0

BACKGROUND: After more than a century of rule by France, Algerians fought through much of the 1950s to achieve independence in 1962. Algeria’s primary political […]

Angola

December 18, 2013 Marion Amanambu 0

Angola is still rebuilding its country since the end of a 27-year civil war in 2002. Fighting between the Popular Movement for the Liberation of […]

Benin

December 18, 2013 Marion Amanambu 0

Present day Benin was the site of Dahomey, a West African kingdom that rose to prominence in about 1600 and over the next two and […]