A new working paper from Nobel laureate James A. Robinson finds a vast landscape of 45,000 polities—deliberately fragmented to protect local autonomy ...

Across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, states are increasingly rejecting the moral absolutisms of great-power rivalry. They are hedging ...

A colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of the Ebola virus This post is in collaboration with The John W. Kluge ...

The film "Continent of Africa: Land Below the Sahara" explores the complex history and geography of Africa, particularly focusing on the impact of European colonization and the subsequent rise of ...

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — African leaders pushed Sunday to have colonial-era crimes recognized, criminalized and addressed through reparations. At a conference in Algiers, diplomats and leaders convened ...

Many today believe the era of colonialism in Africa is over. They’re wrong. The era of colonialism in Africa has merely entered a new and insidious phase. Some call it “neo-colonialism.” I call it ...

Most British colonial governors ultimately reach the point where they stand by, erect and proud, as the Union Jack flutters down over some distant possession and the flag of independence is run up. As ...

Colonialism did not begin with Europe, and it did not skip Africa. Long before European empires rose African powers expanded conquered and dominated neighboring peoples across vast regions. From Egypt ...

Archbishop Joseph Tlhagale of Johannesburg, South Africa said this morning at the Synod for Africa that the continent faces a "second wave of colonization" from "liberalism, secularism and from ...

Regulators in South Africa have banned a TV commercial that depicts a black man discovering a foreign land in the 17th century and naming it Europe. Fast-food restaurant Chicken Licken on Friday was ...