Fifty years ago, Ugandan President Idi Amin wrote to the governments of the British Commonwealth with a bold suggestion: Allow him to take over as head of the organization, replacing Queen Elizabeth ...

Nobel laureate and critic of Donald Trump, Wole Soyinka, announced at a press conference in Nigeria on Tuesday that his U.S. visa has been revoked, saying the decision came after he publicly likened ...

President Obote, a leader who was popular with both Kaunda and President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania because of his verbal commitment to socialism and his authorship of “The Common Man’s Charter,” was ...