Tag: colonialism

The head of the Anglican church, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has published pictures of himself lying prostrate at the memorial…

Germany is set to return a 15th-century stone cross it took from Namibia as part of its ongoing efforts to…

The word “colony” has been used at Spain’s insistence about Gibraltar (pictured) in an otherwise unremarkable EU document on proposed…

France has summoned Italy’s ambassador after populist deputy prime minister, Luigi Di Maio, accused its neighbour of creating poverty in…

The European Union has criticised the Democratic Republic of Congo’s decision to expel its ambassador, Bart Ouvry, calling the move “completely…

France is due to return 26 works of art to Benin after President Emmanuel Macron ordered the pieces returned “without…

Germany is considering the repatriation of its colonial-era African loot, opening an uneasy precedent for far larger former imperial powers…

The South Pacific islands of New Caledonia have opted to remain part of France, with voters rejecting independence in a…

As France consolidates its business and military ties with Vietnam, which has courted old foes in Paris and Washington in…

New Caledonia is due to vote on Sunday on full independence from France, which has ruled the small Pacific archipelago…

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced honours for Algerians who fought for France during the bloody war of independence as…

Germany has asked a US court to throw out a lawsuit brought by indigenous Namibian tribes seeking reparations for the…

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to make French the most spoken language in the world. He told students in the…

Germany is apparently refusing to accept a court summons to appear in the US Federal Court in New York in…

Few Britons know about the 1860 destruction of the Peking Summer Palace at the end of the Second Opium War…