A lot has been written about France’s difficulties in assimilating its large North African community - especially after the 2005 suburban riots. The literature often...

Manifest Destiny. Another word for imperialism. One of the reasons why Israel maintains strong support in the United States - well, used to anyway - is that the...

The pickled head of an African chief murdered by Dutch colonialists almost 200 years ago was on its way back to Ghana yesterday, at the end of a strange voyage through...

Photo Credit: Associated Press The United States has gotten used to being the colonial power in Iraq for six years. It invaded the country against international...

The picture of five elderly Kenyans standing outside the British Prime Minister’s office and their stated mission this week marks an important milestone in the...

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi flies into Rome today on his first visit to Italy, celebrating the end of decades of animosity between his country and its former colonial...

As Bolivia prepares to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the start of its independence struggle from Spain, the BBC’s Candace Piette finds that colonialist...

The problems faced by the modern Arab World are largely due to its modernisation. And therein lies a cruel irony. Most Arab societies did not initiate their own...

During the launch of Cavendish University Uganda, former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda asked African nations to support Barrack Obama become the US president. Kaunda...

This article offers a critical perspective on the making of the Kenya post-colony using the example of ‘The Kenya of the North’, a region that has been relegated to...