The German colonial administration in East Africa from 1885 to 1918 imposed exploitative taxes like the so-called 'head tax' ...

Mahatma Gandhi was killed today in 1948 For readers interested in remembering what exactly happened that day I present the text of the newspaper report as it appeared in The New York Times that dayThe ...

Guru Nanak Dev the founder of Sikh religion observed the pathetic condition of women in the society Guru Nanak comdemned the attitude of maledominated human society denying the due respectable status ...

State-backed newspaper Ta Kung Pao has blasted RSF, calling the NGO "a political thug" and its press freedom rankings "a ...

Before the French ever arrived with guns and flags, Morocco was already collapsing from within. In a forgotten memoir written ...

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LYNN — Long before the hum of traffic and the shadows of shoe factories marked the street, Boston Street was the artery through which Lynn’s earliest aspirations pulsed. Spanning centuries of stories ...

French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his desire to seek "forgiveness" for France's colonial rule over Madagascar, beginning with the return of looted cultural artefacts. The island was under ...

The fifth-largest island in the world, known for its rich biodiversity and natural resources but burdened by high poverty, Madagascar was under French colonial rule from the 19th century until ...

Besides turning their backs on the West, the junta-led trio of Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali have all pulled out of ECOWAS, accusing the bloc of being a tool for what they see as former colonial ruler ...

to mourn what is no longer." Madagascar was under French colonial rule from 1896 until 1960, when it gained full independence. Macron confirmed plans to return cultural items taken during ...