May 7, 2024, marked the 70th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu, when Vietnamese troops defeated the French colonial army, ending almost a century of French colonial rule. A commemoration ...

British colonial rule in Nigeria lasted for decades, shaping the country’s political, economic, and social structures. Today, several places across Nigeria still bear the marks of this era, from ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Japan’s prime minister expressed sympathy for the suffering of Korean forced laborers during Japan’s colonial rule, as he and his South Korean counterpart on Sunday renewed ...

Algeria’s parliament has unanimously passed legislation declaring France’s colonisation of the country a crime. On Wednesday, lawmakers stood in the chamber draped in scarves bearing the national ...

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27 million to each family of 21 coal miners killed in 1949.

Today March 6, Ghana celebrates its independence day. This historic event marked the end of the colonial era in Ghana and was a significant moment in the broader movement for decolonization across ...

The spectacle of Nicolás Maduro’s capture has drawn attention away from the quieter imposition of systems and power networks that constitute colonial rule. A woman protests against the US involvement ...

Anne Irfan receives funding from the British Academy to research the origins of international refugee and mobility policies. Israel’s parliament has voted to significantly shrink the power of the ...

Throughout history, empires have survived only as long as they could project their power. This power could be real or imagined, but it must be believable to its subjects. In 1942, the British Empire ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby recently visited the site of a brutal massacre that happened in 1919 under the British colonial rule in India and offered his personal apologies.

The energy and joy demonstrated at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago is being felt also in Puerto Rico, where Puerto Ricans see Vice President Kamala Harris as a leader who can help end ...

The entire separatist and territorial movement, from ITAK/TULF to LTTE and diaspora activism, originates from a 20th-century colonial administrative act — the artificial categorization of Ceylon Tamil ...