Ghanaian Independence Day has been celebrated on 6 March every ... to grow Nkrumah used the frustration after the war and the growing Pan-African movement to build up support for the CPP Women ...

Freedom, Liberty and Independence. Three words that seemingly have the same meaning, but differ slightly in their interpretation. Sri Lanka gained independence from the British rulers on February 4, ...

One of the most powerful political figures in Cote d’Ivoire talks about what independence has meant for his country. The journalist and author explains why he will not be celebrating 50 years of ...

a West African country which was also governed by the French. At the time, Guinea was in the midst of a "political tempest", she wrote. France had promised the country independence, but also ...

Smokin Wanjala and William Ouko attended the opening day sessions ... and brazen threats of independence by the executive. She said the silver lining for Africa is that its judiciaries are ...

In the 1950s and 60s, her mother, the late Andrée Blouin, threw herself into the fight for a free Africa, mobilising ... first prime minister and a revered independence hero.