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From anticolonial heroes to post-independence liabilities: morphing refugee categorizations in African geopolitics

Many colonies in Africa attained independence through negotiated settlements. However, several others engaged in armed liberation struggles, for example, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), and the Portuguese colonies of Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe. Newly independent states provided liberation movements with bases on their territories and political, military, intellectual, ideological, material, and moral support. In West Africa, Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, a notable pan-Africanist, declared in his Independence Day speech in 1957, “Our independence is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of the African continent.” In East Africa, Julius Nyerere and Jomo Kenyatta, the first presidents of independent Tanzania and Kenya respectively, showed similar commitment to Pan-Africanism and anticolonialism by hosting refugees fleeing armed struggles in Southern Africa. Tanzania hosted the Organization of African Unity Liberation Committee supported anticolonial resistance and liberation movements. President Nyerere supported them for “challenging injustices of empire and apartheid” and declared, “I train freedom fighters”. He encouraged Tanzanians living around liberation movement camps to welcome these movements and their freedom fighters and also protect them from agents of colonial governments. Support also came from many other countries on the continent including Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Algeria. The latter provided sanctuary to representatives of liberation movements such as Nelson Mandela of the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa.

From anticolonial heroes to post-independence liabilities: morphing refugee categorizations in African geopolitics

Many colonies in Africa attained independence through negotiated settlements. However, several others engaged in armed liberation struggles, for example, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), and the Portuguese colonies of Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe. Newly independent states provided liberation movements with bases on their territories and political, military, intellectual, ideological, material, and moral support. In West Africa, Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, a notable pan-Africanist, declared in his Independence Day speech in 1957, “Our independence is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of the African continent.” In East Africa, Julius Nyerere and Jomo Kenyatta, the first presidents of independent Tanzania and Kenya respectively, showed similar commitment to Pan-Africanism and anticolonialism by hosting refugees fleeing armed struggles in Southern Africa. Tanzania hosted the Organization of African Unity Liberation Committee supported anticolonial resistance and liberation movements. President Nyerere supported them for “challenging injustices of empire and apartheid” and declared, “I train freedom fighters”. He encouraged Tanzanians living around liberation movement camps to welcome these movements and their freedom fighters and also protect them from agents of colonial governments. Support also came from many other countries on the continent including Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Algeria. The latter provided sanctuary to representatives of liberation movements such as Nelson Mandela of the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa.

From anticolonial heroes to post-independence liabilities: morphing refugee categorizations in African geopolitics

Many colonies in Africa attained independence through negotiated settlements. However, several others engaged in armed liberation struggles, for example, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), and the Portuguese colonies of Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe. Newly independent states provided liberation movements with bases on their territories and political, military, intellectual, ideological, material, and moral support. In West Africa, Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, a notable pan-Africanist, declared in his Independence Day speech in 1957, “Our independence is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of the African continent.” In East Africa, Julius Nyerere and Jomo Kenyatta, the first presidents of independent Tanzania and Kenya respectively, showed similar commitment to Pan-Africanism and anticolonialism by hosting refugees fleeing armed struggles in Southern Africa. Tanzania hosted the Organization of African Unity Liberation Committee supported anticolonial resistance and liberation movements. President Nyerere supported them for “challenging injustices of empire and apartheid” and declared, “I train freedom fighters”. He encouraged Tanzanians living around liberation movement camps to welcome these movements and their freedom fighters and also protect them from agents of colonial governments. Support also came from many other countries on the continent including Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Algeria. The latter provided sanctuary to representatives of liberation movements such as Nelson Mandela of the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa.

Théâtre : La trilogie de Belgrade

Courrier des Balkans / Serbie - Wed, 02/18/2026 - 23:59

Le Centre culturel de Serbie accueille le collectif Les Risiens pour deux représentations exceptionnelles de la pièce La Trilogie de Belgrade, le vendredi 6 février et le mercredi 18 février 2026 à 19h. L'entrée est libre, sans réservation, dans la limite des places disponibles. Joué en langue française. Composée de quatre courtes fables, La Trilogie de Belgrade de Biljana Srbljanović suit une génération marquée par la guerre des années 1990 et le désir d'exil. Les personnages, installés (…)

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Concert | Srđan Ivanović : Modulations Balkaniques

Srdjan Ivanovic est né en Bosnie, a grandi à Athènes, a été formé aux Pays bas, a étudié à New York et vit aujourd'hui à Paris.
Dans les compositions de Srdjan Ivanovic, la sonorité, le mélange des instruments (flûte, trompette, guitare, saxophone), dans l'exploration des rythmes, dans les réminiscences de la Bosnie, des Balkans, de paris, dans les étonnantes reprises de Sous le Ciel de Paris et de While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
Srdjan Ivanovic : batterie
Louise Chavanon : flûte
Manu (…)

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Concert | Srđan Ivanović : Modulations Balkaniques

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Srdjan Ivanovic est né en Bosnie, a grandi à Athènes, a été formé aux Pays bas, a étudié à New York et vit aujourd'hui à Paris.
Dans les compositions de Srdjan Ivanovic, la sonorité, le mélange des instruments (flûte, trompette, guitare, saxophone), dans l'exploration des rythmes, dans les réminiscences de la Bosnie, des Balkans, de paris, dans les étonnantes reprises de Sous le Ciel de Paris et de While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
Srdjan Ivanovic : batterie
Louise Chavanon : flûte
Manu (…)

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Concert | Srđan Ivanović : Modulations Balkaniques

Courrier des Balkans - 0 sec ago

Srdjan Ivanovic est né en Bosnie, a grandi à Athènes, a été formé aux Pays bas, a étudié à New York et vit aujourd'hui à Paris.
Dans les compositions de Srdjan Ivanovic, la sonorité, le mélange des instruments (flûte, trompette, guitare, saxophone), dans l'exploration des rythmes, dans les réminiscences de la Bosnie, des Balkans, de paris, dans les étonnantes reprises de Sous le Ciel de Paris et de While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
Srdjan Ivanovic : batterie
Louise Chavanon : flûte
Manu (…)

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Cinéma | Nora Seni : Et les dimanches ?

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Réalisé et filmé par Nora Seni en 1976 ce docu-fiction de 26 minutes , tourné en 16 mm, noir et blanc s'attache aux pas d'un immigré turc, le jour de son repos dominical. Privé de famille et de sa langue, il erre dans une ville qui lui semble désertée de ses citadins qui se sont soit évadés au ski, à la montagne, soit calfeutrés chez eux. Le film met en scène la particularité de cette immigration turque des années soixante dix, d'hommes non-accompagnés de leur famille et que l'isolement (…)

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Cem Yıldız en tournée

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Le shamane électro d'Anatolie Cem Yıldız entame une tournée dans trois villes de l'hexagone. Trois soirées bouillonnantes qui vont notamment marquer la rencontre de deux figures de la scène musiques du monde et électro : CEM YILDIZ & GUIDO MINISKY (Acid Arab).
“Shamane des temps modernes”, CEM YILDIZ fusionne saz électrifié, voix et machines pour réinventer les musiques populaires d'Anatolie à travers l'électro et les sonorités urbaines d'Istanbul. Présent sur les grandes scènes (…)

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Press briefing - Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) of 11 February 2026

European Council - 30 min 52 sec ago
Press briefing ahead of the upcoming Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) will take place on 9 February 2026 at 17.00.
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Weekly schedule of President António Costa

European Council - 30 min 52 sec ago
Weekly schedule of President António Costa, 09-15 February 2026.
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Press briefing - Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) of 11 February 2026

Europäischer Rat (Nachrichten) - 30 min 52 sec ago
Press briefing ahead of the upcoming Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) will take place on 9 February 2026 at 17.00.

Weekly schedule of President António Costa

Europäischer Rat (Nachrichten) - 30 min 52 sec ago
Weekly schedule of President António Costa, 09-15 February 2026.

Press briefing - Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) of 11 February 2026

Európai Tanács hírei - 30 min 52 sec ago
Press briefing ahead of the upcoming Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) will take place on 9 February 2026 at 17.00.

Weekly schedule of President António Costa

Európai Tanács hírei - 30 min 52 sec ago
Weekly schedule of President António Costa, 09-15 February 2026.

L’Algérie met fin à la convention aérienne avec les Émirats Arabes Unis de 2014

Algérie 360 - 31 min 21 sec ago

L’Algérie a officiellement lancé aujourd’hui la procédure de dénonciation de l’accord relatif aux services aériens avec les Émirats arabes unis. Cette décision, relayée par l’agence […]

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«Wir müssen gewinnen»: Lichtsteiner kämpft im Klassiker gegen unrühmlichen Rekord

Blick.ch - 42 min 21 sec ago
Ungemach droht: FCB-Coach Stephan Lichtsteiner will weitere Einträge in die Statistikbücher abwenden. Gelingt im Klassiker am Sonntag gegen den FCZ (16.30 Uhr) der Turnaround? Die Infos zum Duell.
Categories: Afrique, Swiss News

Ringen um Zivildienst: Die neue VBS-Strategie sorgt bundesintern für Streit

Blick.ch - 1 hour 4 min ago
Mit der neuen sicherheitspolitischen Strategie versuchte das VBS den Zivildienst abzuschaffen. Dieser vorgreifende Hintertür-Trick sorgt im Wirtschaftsdepartement für rote Köpfe.
Categories: Afrique, Swiss News

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