In May 2016, the Chadian dictator Hissen Habre was put behind bars for human rights violations and crimes against humanity.

The number of protests against his government since he got sworn in is alarming. To many Americans, Donald Trump is an extremity they cannot bear. For we Africans, Donald Trump is just like the many ...

Someone today sent me a message asking what made African dictators appear so fundamentally different from European dictators. If you value my social justice advocacy and writing, please consider a ...

Young people gaze up at large photographs of Mobutu Sese Seko, in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) national museum. A charismatic and outrageously corrupt former dictator, Mobutu seized power ...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has said that there is no room for dictators in Africa. Dogara said this while reacting to reports that Yahya Jammeh, the former Gambian ...

Sauti Sol set the bar high for Kenyan artistes who want to hold a listening party. The well thought out set for the release of their third album comprised 16 rooms each representing a track from the ...

An illustration of former Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire) President Mobutu Sese Seko, at the Academy of Fine Arts in the Gombe commune in Kinshasa (Arsene Mpiana | AFP via Getty Images) ...

Nostalgia is rising in Congo for Mobutu Sese Seko — the kleptocratic strongman as a new museum exhibit glorifying him draws crowds in Kinshasa. In DR Congo, exhibit reveals nostalgia for former ...