TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Africa and its Country Names 00:27 Abyssinia to Ethiopia 02:04 Raid 04:09 Gold Coast to Ghana 05:56 Rhodesia to Zimbabwe 07:55 Upper Volta to Burkina Faso 09:02 Kongo to Zaire to ...

Many African countries were once colonised by European powers, who named them during that time. Some countries changed their names after they became independent, choosing something that felt more ...

An earlier version of this article misstated the number of people from seven banned African countries who overstayed their visas in 2023. It was just under 2,500 people, not just over 5,000.

While many African countries were named by colonial powers, some have since reverted to names that better represent their heritage. Here are seven such countries: 1.

These African countries kept their colonial names after independence just like Nigeria Cameroon still kept it's colonial name [Newafricanmagazine]. T Temi Iwalaiye Follow; The way colonialism ...

The African Transformation Movement (ATM) and several other political parties are hoping to bring a name change for South ...

The ATM, which hopes to table the proposal in parliament, argues that South Africa is a colonial label imposed by the British ...

Most African countries are autocracies of one sort or another; the eiu, our sister outfit, classifies just six of the 54 countries as full or flawed democracies. That can bring to mind the idea of ...