The Irish nationalist was caught in the fault lines between empire and nation, colonised and coloniser, public face and ...

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When Belgium's King Leopold II declared the Congo his personal property in the late 19th century, he unleashed one of history's most brutal exploitation schemes. Under the guise of "civilizing" Africa ...

If you listen closely, you can still hear the echoes of King Leopold II’s rubber whips ... Under the guise of “civilising” Africa, Leopold’s regime plundered Congo’s rubber and ivory ...

Dear candidates to the African Union Commission chairperson position, We write in advance of the 38th Ordinary Summit of the African Union (AU) Assembly of Heads of State and Government, where a ...

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In 2018, he also organised a Karl Popper for Africa International Conference at the university. I had the opportunity to attend that programme supported by the Karl Popper Charitable Trust ...

The “Letters to America” campaign highlights the experiences of people who have immigrated to this country in search of safety, the challenges they faced in their journey to the U.S.-Mexico border, ...

Belgium's new ambassador to Ethiopia is its former ambassador to Zimbabwe (1995-1999), Leopold Carrewyn. Born in 1945, Carrewyn has a diploma in political and social science from the University of ...