Horrors of the Slave Trade revealed in photographs.
Thursday July 31, 2003
A BBC News World Edition report has announced the launch of a new online resource documenting the history of immigration into the United Kingdom. Amongst its resources are photographs from ... Read More
Should the Rosetta Stone go home?
Wednesday July 30, 2003
According to reports on the BBC News World Edition the Rosetta Stone is at the centre of a disagreement between the British Museum, London, and Cairo's Egypt Museum.
The person behind ... Read More
Butcher of Africa falls into coma.
Thursday July 24, 2003
Idi Amin Dada, once called the 'Butcher of Uganda' is in a critical condition at King Faisal Specialist Hospital, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (As reported on BBC News World ... Read More
This week in African history #29
Monday July 21, 2003
21 – 27 JulyThe Aswan High Dam is completed in Egypt with Soviet aid, the passengers and crew from a hijacked El Al flight are placed in detention by Algerian ... Read More
This week in African history #28
Monday July 14, 2003
14 – 20 JulyBirth of South African statesman and anti-Apartheid leader Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, death of Chief Albert Luthuli, Africa's first winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace, and the ... Read More
This week in African history #27
Monday July 7, 2003
7 – 13 JulyThe German South West Africa Army surrenders to General Louis Botha at Grootfontein, 112 Peace Corps workers are detained and then expelled from Uganda by President Idi ... Read More