Keywords: Colonial history
A joint underwater archaeological mission is set to explore the wreck of a 17th-century Danish ship off the southeastern coast of India, in a discovery that could shed new light on early European engagement in South Asia. The ship, identified as the Oresund, sank in 1619 near Karikal in the present-day......
The French National Assembly has unanimously approved a bill aimed at formally abolishing the “Black Code” and other colonial-era laws that regulated slavery in French territories during the 17th and 18th centuries. Although these texts lost their legal effect after the abolition of slavery......
Emmanuel Macron has expressed support for repealing historical French colonial laws that once regulated slavery in overseas territories, describing their continued legal existence as incompatible with the principles of the French Republic. Speaking during a ceremony at the Élysée......
China has urged Japan to confront its colonial history in Taiwan and retract recent comments by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, which Beijing views as interference in its domestic affairs. The demand comes amid growing tensions over Taiwan’s status and historical grievances. At a......
French President Emmanuel Macron has officially acknowledged that France waged a “war” in Cameroon against insurgent movements before and after the country’s independence in 1960. The use of the term “war,” absent from official narratives until now, signals a new step in......
A call for historical justice Ferhat Mehenni, president of the provisional Kabyle government in exile (Anavad), has urged France to honor its historical principles by recognizing the Kabyle people's right to self-determination. Highlighting their resistance to colonization and subsequent exclusion,......
On January 11, 1944, a single document changed the course of Moroccan history. The Independence Manifesto, delivered to French authorities, marked a decisive shift in North Africa's colonial resistance and set Morocco on a path to sovereignty. In 1944, Morocco was divided among colonial powers:......
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