Activists, artists and academics brought together by German cultural project Dekoloniale gathered in Berlin on Friday, 140 years after European leaders divided up the African continent between them, ...

The 13 original colonies of the United States were the foundation of what would become a new nation, born from a blend of ambition, conflict and compromise. These colonies stretched along the Atlantic ...

Years After Key European Colonial Conference, Ongoing Impacts Require Urgent Action European governments have yet to reckon ...

Part two of our investigation into how Swiss multinational LafargeHolcim – and their local subsidiary in Kenya Bamburi Cement ...

The exhibition organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign downplays the Jewish people's historical connection to the land ...

As its former colonies gained independence in the middle of the last century, Britain continued to play a sort of "big brother" role. But this is now changing. Dr Vines says Africa did not feature ...

But in that short time, we’ve discovered about two dozen species of human ancestors in Europe, Africa, and Asia—which you can see mapped out in the infographic below. The first known fossils of human ...

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Soon after the Second World War, former British colonies across Asia, Africa and the Caribbean started gaining their independence. This independence movement led to some countries demanding ...

Africa’s working-age population is growing faster than any other region, driven by progress in child survival over the last two decades. Yet, Sub-Saharan Africa invests less in education per capita ...