Drawn by European powers with little regard for the people living there, this map from 1935 still shapes Africa’s politics, ...

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President Donald Trump sent letters to seven nations Monday announcing tariffs on imported goods from their countries will ...

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France's parliament Monday approved returning to Ivory Coast a "talking drum" that colonial troops took from the Ebrie tribe in 1916, in the latest green light to the repatriation of colonial spoils.

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Residents throughout the occupied West Bank describe the fear and deprivations they endure amid the expansion of Israeli ...

From gold rush towns to fossil-filled caves and living art hubs, these South African museums prove that culture and history ...

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