More than 60 years after most African states gained independence, the legal infrastructure imposed by former colonial powers continues to exert outsized influence. Across the continent, outdated ...

King Charles III stopped short of apologising for “unjustifiable” British colonial violence when he visited Kenya in October. A new book by the historian Stacey Hynd shows the depth of British ...

Beneath the dust of colonial archives lies another Africa—one painted in ochre and song, where healers crossed gender and love itself remade the world. Long before Victorian law or missionary decree, ...

Sierra Leone – officially known as the Republic of Sierra Leone whose capital is Freetown – is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa which shares its southeastern border with Liberia. Sierra ...

Information has emerged about plans by some African leaders to seek compensation from the United Kingdom for crimes committed during the colonial era. The move gathered momentum at a recent high-level ...