Only four of these ten territories ever became nominally independent: the Transkei in 1976, Bophuthatswana in 1977, Venda in 1979, and Ciskei in 1981. No other country, save for South Africa ...

South Africa’s apartheid-era ‘Bantustans’ exemplified state-sponsored pseudo-independence. Today, history risks repeating itself in Russia’s occupied Ukrainian territories, though this irony seems ...

A suspected gas explosion at a department store in Taiwan's central city of Taichung killed at least four people and injured ...

Rwanda -backed rebels seized a second airport in eastern Congo on Friday, according to security and humanitarian sources. M23 rebels and Rwandan troops took what was seen as the last military obstacle ...

The president ordered that all foreign assistance to South Africa be halted and said his administration would prioritize the ...

Reliance on Russia’s military offerings has become increasingly prevalent in parts of Africa, amid an aggressive push by Moscow to lessen Western influence on the continent.

The territory declared independence 33 years ago ... 100 other conservative organisations The document mentions only two African territories in its sub-Saharan Africa section - Somaliland and ...

Morocco stopped 78,685 migrants from illegally crossing into European Union territory in 2024, up 4.6% from a year earlier, ...

After the restoration of political independence to African territories in the 1950s and 1960s, military coups became so prevalent that the study of African politics was seen by many scholars as ...

Powerful and influential Republicans are pushing for the same thing, including Congressman Scott Perry who last month introduced a bill proposing formal US recognition for Somaliland. It followed ...

The town is undergoing massive redevelopment, with buildings springing up left and right, as money pours in from investors.

President Donald Trump announced the U.S. will "clean out" the Gaza Strip and rebuild it, saying Palestinians living there ...