While the Cold War raged between the U.S. and the USSR, a shadow network was quietly redrawing the map of Africa. Known as the Safari Club, this secret alliance included intelligence agencies from ...

The stakes are profound. During the first Cold War, African governments pitted Moscow and Washington against each other, trading membership in rival blocs for finance and weapons that were used to ...

This struggle of the power blocs is leading to the introduction of the cold war into Africa, which until recently has succeeded in keeping out of it. Our duty in this matter is clear. We cannot afford ...

Next target: Chad. By Declan Walsh NAIROBI, Kenya — Fueled by guns, gold and social media, the rivalry between Russia and the West in Africa is rapidly escalating. The latest flashpoint is Chad ...

Since the end of World War II, the US has placed Africa as at the bottom of its global strategy. Although the US diplomatic emphasis on Africa has grown now, it only attempts to bring the Cold War ...

To many in Africa and beyond, the heightening great-power rivalry smacks of the Cold War, when the US and the Soviet Union backed rival African leaders, including dictators. It is a comparison the ...

Scholars have long said that the effects of the Cold War wreaked havoc on African nations that hindered their economic and political development. However, the continent has been less critical of ...

The United States’ treatment of African Americans at home exposed it to criticism on the world stage. During the Cold War, in everything from propagandistic films to offers of refuge to African ...

The stakes are profound. During the first Cold War, African governments pitted Moscow and Washington against each other, trading membership in rival blocs for finance and weapons that were used to ...