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Demonstrators from the Chagos Islands protest for Britain to end its “illegal occupation”. Photo by JEAN MARC POCHE/AFP via Getty Images

Why Britain should immediately withdraw from Mauritius’ Chagos Islands

As they negotiate with Mauritius, British leaders are mostly interested in securing guarantees that America’s military interests will not be harmed by a transfer of authority to Port Louis.
Charles Njonjo, then Kenya’s Attorney General, hosts Helen Suzman of the Progressive Party in the South African parliament in Nairobi in 1971. Photo by Keystone/Getty Images

Charles Njonjo and the genesis of Kenya’s fixation with security

The Kenya that Njonjo sought to create was the ‘greatest living example of democracy, justice and peace’ – but there was no space for the poor.
R. Cleveley. View in Port Jackson. Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales. Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales

How the kidnapping of a First Nations man on New Year’s Eve in 1788 may have led to a smallpox epidemic

New Year’s Eve is the anniversary of the British invaders’ first kidnapping of a First Nations person in Australia. This kidnapping led to a devastating smallpox outbreak.

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