Browsing: Europe

140 years ago today, on the 15th of November 1884, European powers came together and carved up Africa with not a single African in the room…

The portrayal of Scots as abolitionists and liberal champions hides a long history of Scottish profiting from the enslavement of Africans. The wealth accumulated from the…

President Macron got a standing ovation in Morocco recently – vowing full French support for Rabat’s sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara. It goes against most…

French mining company Orano has announced it will suspend uranium production in Niger from October 31, opting to perform only maintenance activities. The company cited strained…

Nigeria’s $20 billion Dangote Refinery, Africa’s biggest refinery that opened earlier this year, is now using the national currency, the Naira, instead of the U.S. dollar…

In 1498, Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) took a third voyage from Spain to the Americas to further extract wealth. Looking for new routes to Asia from Europe,…

Anti-immigrant sentiment is rife in the US, much like Europe, where the far-right have seen a rise in popularity in places, such as Germany. Listen to…

In this clip, European traveller and vlogger Sara Della Santa (@saradella.santa – Instagram) sheds light on the misconception that Europe is superior to Africa.   The…

The racist, Islamophobic, and anti-migrant riots in England and the British-occupied North of Ireland have exposed that the rot runs right up to the top. In…

Two years ago, a serene Saturday at Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York, turned into a nightmare when an 18-year-old, clad in military attire and…