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The inhabitants of the Chagos Islands were expelled by the British 60 years ago. Refugees were anxious to return this year, but their hopes have been caught in a morass of geopolitics.
The author and translator of Taiwan Travelogue, the winner of the 2026 International Booker Prize, discuss identity and history amid the debate over Taiwan's colonial ties to Japan and escalating geopolitical pressure from China.
India’s government wants to shut down Delhi’s Gymkhana Club, which the prime minister calls a vestige of colonialism. Some members suspect a different motive.
| Keywords | indiadelhigymkhana-clubcolonialismnarendra-modiprime-ministerelitehistorydecolonizationpoliticsurban-governancenew-delhisocialismred-green-axisculture-warheritagegovernmentnationalism |
Many see the rivalry between France and Senegal as a result of colonial heritage. But at the same time, European teams are more African than ever.
Three centuries late and not a moment too soon.
Étienne Davignon had been set to stand trial in connection with the murder of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo.
| Keywords | etienne-davignonpatrice-lumumbabelgiumcongodemocratic-republic-of-congomurdertrialdeathhistorydecolonizationafricajusticelegal-newsinternational-relationspolitics |
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York suggested that Britain should return the gem, a symbol of colonial plunder. Here’s the back story.
The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans "the gravest crime against humanity" and calling for reparations.
No one apart from the Congolese people has ever paid a price for the CIA-backed assassination of Patrice Lumumba.
| Keywords | congopatrice-lumumbaciaassassinationcold-warhistoryjusticepoliticsafricageopoliticsforeign-policyinternational-relationsgovernmentmurdernational-securityhuman-rightsdecolonizationlegal |
Remembering the African leader after a Brussels court this week ordered a retired Belgian diplomat stand trial for his 1961 assassination.
| Keywords | africageopoliticspoliticsnigeriacongohistoryhuman-rightsdiplomacygovernmentjusticelegaltrialbelgiumpatrice-lumumbaassassinationdecolonizationinternational-relationsforeign-policy |