Africa

9 October 1962, Uganda gains independence from Britain

The Dam was built by a consortium of Portuguese, German, British, and South African companies; construction of the Dam b...

7 August 1960, Ivory Coast gains independence from France Africa Women Cup of Nations Qualification

Eritrea is a country in the Horn of Africa located on the Red Sea. In North East Africa

Rwanda is a land-locked Country located in the Eastern part of Africa. People began settling in the area as early as 10....

There is evidence of human habitation which dates back tens of thousands of years. From the end of the 4th millennium BC...

Mali, landlocked country of western Africa, mostly in the Saharan and Sahelian regions. Mali is bounded on the north by ...

3 August 1960, Niger gains independence from France

Sao Tome and Principe is a country, of central Africa, located on the Equator in the Gulf of Guinea. It consists of two ...

an North African Country. With a Mediterranean Coastline and a Saharan Desert Interior.

6 July 1975, Most of the Comoros Islands declare independence from France.

1 August 1960, Dahomey (now Benin) gains independence from France.

1 August 1960: Dahomey (now Benin) gains independence from France

Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape is an open, expansive Savannah Landscape at the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe River...

5 August 1960, Upper Volta (Burkina Faso) gains independence from France

Tunisia is bounded by Algeria to the west and southwest, by Libya to the southeast, and by the Mediterranean Sea to the ...

Guinea is the traditional name of coastal western Africa. The historical colonies of French Guinea, Spanish Guinea and P...

6 March 1957, The Gold Coast (now Ghana) gains independence from Britain. 1961-and-1999-The-two-times-Queen-Elizabeth-II...

12 October 1968, Equatorial Guinea gains independence from Spain

Lamu Island is a Port, City, and Island just off the shore of Kenya in the Indian Ocean approximately, 150 miles from Mo...

Guinea-Bissau, one of the world’s poorest and most fragile countries, has a population of 2 019 023 million people, (21/...

Western Sahara is a sparsely-populated area of mostly desert situated on the northwest coast of Africa. A former Spanish...

13 August 1960, Central African Republic ceases to be a France colony

Liberia, which means ‘freedom’ formerly known as the Grain Coast.

20 August 1960, Senegal gains independence from France

Burundi is a relatively small country located in central Africa, and the name and approximate territory has a continuity...

‘Living museums’ are projects set up by:: 'Living Culture Foundation Namibia', with native communities in Namibia with t...

27 April 1960, Togo gains independence from France

11 August 1960, Chad gains independence from France

The history of the institution dates back in 1910 when a museum was established in Nairobi by the then East Africa and U...

The Tiskiwin Museum was founded by Bert Flint, who was born in 1931 in the Netherlands where he studied Spanish language...

Kweneng is one of the districts of Botswana and is the recent historical homeland of the Bakwena people, the first group...

  Khami Ruins National Monument and World Heritage Site, is located to the west of the Khami River, 22 km from the City ...