In a first since these meetings started in the 1970s, this move reflects a change in France's thinking.

Gregory Luebbert Book Award, American Political Science Association, 1995. "In this comprehensive and original study, a distinguished scholar of African affairs argues that the crisis in African ...

Barely a year goes by in the UK without a public figure igniting a furore by arguing that colonialism somehow benefitted the people it oppressed. But our new book, “Authoritarian Africa: Repression, ...

The activist has condemned France's influence in West Africa and been accused of being a "Russian mouthpiece".

Seeking to rebuild French influence in Africa after a series of setbacks in former West African colonies, France will co-host ...

Part One: Colonial Africa -- 1. Introduction / Martin S. Shanguhyia and Toyin Falola -- 2. Colonialism and the African Environment / Martin S. Shanguhyia -- 3. Colonial Administrations and the ...

A group of soldiers appeared on state television in Benin on Sunday to claim they had seized power- a familiar scene playing in West Africa. Within hours, the president announced the coup had been ...

The question of whether Western museums should return works of African art to their home countries is vexed and hotly debated. But the mega-collector Sindika Dokolo thinks there’s a simple question ...

Speaking at the Africa Forward summit in Nairobi, aimed at renewing France’s engagement with the African continent, French ...