WASHINGTON (AA) – The city of Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the slave-holding Confederate states during the American Civil War, removed its last city-owned Confederate monument on Monday. Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill’s statue at the intersection of Laburnum Avenue and Hermitage Road was removed early Monday, according to ...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – Even after centuries, traces remain in Africa of the slave trade maintained by Westerners up until the 1800s. While West Africa was used for years as the main slave hub, many countries expanded their colonies and transported slaves to the New World from ports in the eastern and southern parts of […]
WARSAW (AA) – Warsaw is planning an information campaign to show how much damage Nazi Germany inflicted on Poland during WWII as part of its demand for reparations from Berlin, the ruling party head has said. “We are preparing films on this subject, although of course it will take a while. We are preparing a […]
ANKARA (AA) – Greek authorities have turned the Murat Reis Complex, a spiritual center for Muslim Turks living on Rhodes Island, into a music facility. The center comprises a mosque, a dervish lodge, and a cemetery for soldiers. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Neval Konuk, a lecturer at Istanbul-based Marmara University’s Faculty of Architec...
Sydney, Australia – (AFP): Hundreds of activists have rallied in Australia to decry colonial Britain’s destructive impact on Indigenous peoples, as the country held a public holiday to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Chanting “Abolish the Monarchy”, they staged demonstrations in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra, pro...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has signed an agreement with Nigeria to return ownership of over 500 looted Benin bronze artifacts. The deal signed by the Foundation of Prussian Cultural Heritage and Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments will see almost a third of the artifacts remain in German museums on loan, while the rest […...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – A group of Kenyans whose ancestors were forcibly evicted from their land by British settlers during colonial rule have filed a case against the UK at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to demand justice. The group’s lawyer, Joel Kimutai Bosek, told the media that the UK has been avoiding […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina marked on Monday the 97th birth anniversary of Alija Izetbegovic, the country’s first president and a pivotal figure in the troubled history of the Balkans. Izetbegovic — a politician, writer, and lawyer — who came to international prominence during the country’s bitt...
ANKARA (AA) – A mass grave containing the ashes of thousands of people has been discovered near a former Nazi concentration camp in Poland, according to the country’s Institute of National Remembrance (IPN). The remains were unearthed near the Soldau concentration camp, now known as Dzialdowo, which is located north of the capital Warsaw...
On June 19, 1865, Union Army Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas two months after the Civil War ended. This was to proclaim more than 250,000 enslaved people in Texas were free. President Abraham Lincoln had freed all enslaved people two and a half years earlier, with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. […]...
