Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says predecessor Jair Bolsonaro is acknowledging his guilt in a case in which ...

In his autobiography, “The Maradona” deftly dribbles through the narrative, presenting himself as the protagonist, but the memoir is riddled with contradictions, historical revisions, and ...

Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, the retired General and head of the 1985-93 military junta who styled himself  ‘President’  has again intruded into our national consciousness. On Thursday, February 20, ...

He also said: “The nation is entitled to expect my impression of regret.” A tongue-twister. That does not mean he regretted ...

The Pew Research poll published on Feb 14 found that 37 percent of US citizens felt the country was doing too much to help ...

Nigeria witnessed her first coup when a group of young soldiers attacked democratic leadersThe rebellion was later tagged an ...

A film about a prominent family’s struggle to survive under Brazil’s dictatorship is evocative of the period, finds Orlando ...

With the civil conflict in Myanmar still unresolved four years after the military coup, a new political equilibrium might take the form of the break-up of the state.

Late Nigerian military historian documented the power struggle between Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha in the wake of the ...

Former Nigerian military leader, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, has shed light on the true events surrounding the ...

Artificial intelligence is being used to influence democratic processes in Africa. Deepfakes, cheap fakes and fake news are all weapons that can be produced cheaply and endlessly. So how can citizens ...

It was one of the most tense and terrifying times in our country. It was like the tremulous gloom of wartime, our elders said. February 1986 was turbulent and stressful. Because he could no longer run ...