Remembering The Iconic Battle of Adwa 130 years ago, on Sunday, 1 March 1896, the Ethiopian forces defeated the Italian invading force near the town of Adwa. The Battle of…
Mandela’s PAFMECSA Address February 1962 On 3 February 1962, Nelson Mandela addressed the Heads of Delegates session at the meeting of the Pan-African Freedom Movement of East, Central and Southern…
Hands Off the People’s Republic of Angola: Africa Stands Firm Against Imperialism On 13 January 1976, Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), William Aurelien Eteki Mboumoua, issued…
Haile Selassie I: Throughout History (Haile Selassie’s famous speech condemning inaction and the failure of the League of Nations regarding the Italian invasion of Ethiopia was made on 30 June…
ANC-Mozambique Relations’ Impact on the Armed Struggle On 30 May 1983, a New York Times newspaper article maintained that “Mozambique could be ruined by South Africa, and that appears to…
Haile Selassie I Crowned as Emperor of Ethiopia On this day, 3 April 1930, Haile Selassie I, born Tafari Makonnen on 23 July 1892, was crowned as Emperor of Ethiopia.…
Taking MK Recruits for Advanced Guerrilla Training in Algeria – March 1963 On 26 March 1963, a group of thirty-three Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) recruits that left Dar es Salaam,…
Mandela Pays a Visit to the FLN (Front de Libération Nationale) On 18 March 1962, Nelson Mandela and Robert Resha departed from Rabat in Morocco by train, heading for Oudja,…
On 26 January 1963, Joe Gqabi was arrested with nine fellow members who had undergone military training in Ethiopia and were deported back to South Africa after being captured in…
On 26 January 1963, Detective Inspector Roderick Ivy of the Southern Rhodesia’s British South Africa Police (BSAP) headed to Bulawayo Central Railway Station on information received from the Northern Rhodesia…