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Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (Arabic: زين العابدين بن علي, romanized: Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn bin ʿAlī, Tunisian Arabic: Zīn il-ʿĀbdīn bin ʿAlī; 3 September 1936 –...

O. R. Tambo International Airport (IATA: JNB, ICAO: FAJS or FAOR) is an international airport serving the twin cities of Johannesburg and the main capital...

Music has been an integral part of Egyptian culture since antiquity in Egypt. Egyptian music had a significant impact on the development of ancient Greek...

Simon's Town (Afrikaans: Simonstad), sometimes spelled Simonstown, is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa and is home to Naval Base Simon's Town,...

The Angolan War of Independence (Portuguese: Guerra de Independência de Angola; 1961–1974), known as the Luta Armada de Libertação Nacional ("Armed Struggle...

Yorubaland (Yoruba: Ilẹ̀ Káàárọ̀-Oòjíire) is the homeland and cultural region of the Yoruba people in West Africa. It spans the modern-day countries of...

Atlantis is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa and is 40 km (25 mi) north of Cape Town. As of 2011, it has 67,491 residents. Unemployment...

Kabyle (/kəˈbaɪl/) or Kabylian (/kəˈbɪliən/; native name: Taqbaylit [θɐqβæjlɪθ] ) is a Berber language (tamazight) spoken by the Kabyle people in the north...

Eritrea is an ancient name, associated in the past with its Greek form Erythraia, Ἐρυθραία, and its derived Latin form Erythræa. This name relates to that...

Muhammed Seif Khatib (10 January 1951 – 15 February 2021) was a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Uzini constituency since 1995. Khatib...

Menzel Temime (منزل تميم) is a town in northeast Tunisia southeast of the peninsula of Cap Bon. The municipality of Menzel Temime was established on 19...

Perejil Island (Spanish: Isla de Perejil, Berber languages: Tura or Toṛa, Arabic: تورة, romanized: Tūra), also known as Parsley Island, is a small, uninhabited...

Captain John Hanning Speke (4 May 1827 – 15 September 1864) was an English explorer and military officer who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa...

Mathias Meinrad Chikawe (born 30 May 1951) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and diplomat. He was Member of Parliament for Nachingwea constituency from 2005...

The Ugandan water supply and sanitation sector made substantial progress in urban areas from the mid-1990s until at least 2006, with substantial increases...

John Zefania Chiligati (born 14 October 1950) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Manyoni East constituency from to 2000 to 2015...

Ibrahim Roshdy Mahlab (Arabic: إبراهيم رشدى محلب pronounced [ebɾɑˈhiːm ˈɾoʃdi ˈmæħlæb]; born 8 May[citation needed] 1949) is an Egyptian engineer and politician...

Rugby union in Zambia is a minor but growing sport. The Zambia national rugby union team is currently ranked 67th by World Rugby. The Zambia Rugby Football...

The Olukumi are a bilingual Anioma group of the Aniocha North area of the Delta State, Nigeria. They originate from Yoruba people and settled in this area...

The history of Tunisia under French rule started in 1881 with the establishment of the French protectorate and ended in 1956 with Tunisian independence...