The Armchair Historian on MSN

What Happened in Africa During the Cold War?

Africa became a major arena of Cold War rivalry as newly independent nations navigated pressure from both the United States ...
The Economist

The War Room newsletter: Sleepwalking into Africa’s next war

Welcome to The War Room. This newsletter regularly covers Ukraine, Gaza and other geopolitical flashpoints, and rightly so.
csis.org

The Congo, the Cold War, and Capitol Hill

From Cold War dynamics to legislative debates, U.S. foreign policy toward Africa has been shaped by complex historical, political, and institutional factors. In his memoir From the Congo to Capitol ...
Into the Shadows on MSN

How a hidden spy coalition fought the Cold War in Africa

While the Cold War raged between the U.S. and the USSR, a shadow network was quietly redrawing the map of Africa. Known as ...
Foreign Affairs

The Costs of South Africa’s Ideological Foreign Policy

Thirty years after apartheid ended, the relationship between the United States and South Africa is at a nadir. Many analysts blame U.S. President Donald Trump and his sudden fixation on vilifying the ...

Chinese premier’s visit to Zambia focuses on reviving a Cold War-era railway to help mineral access

Chinese Premier Li Qiang will start a two-day visit to the southern African nation of Zambia on Wednesday that will focus on ...