Looking back to the start of my research, in the summer of 1995, I had no idea that nearly 10 years later I would write a book about wide-scale destruction in colonial Kenya and Britain’s vigorous ...

STORY: Britain's tarnished colonial past took center stage on Tuesday (October 31) as King Charles began a four-day state visit to Kenya. After being welcomed to the Presidential Palace in Nairobi, ...

There is concerted effort to rehabilitate the colonial past to usher in a new order.

But for some, it's not enough. Gideon Mungai was an underground operative during the 1952-1960 Mau Mau revolt which was brutally put down by British colonial forces. “His expression of regret, without ...

For part one of our investigation, please click here. Forced land acquisitions by the British in Kenya during the colonial period affected tens of thousands of people, holding back the country’s ...

Older Kenyans who lived through the British colonial period want an apology and reparations. Younger Kenyans want an acknowledgment of more recent alleged abuses by British companies and troops. By ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla are making their first visit to a Commonwealth country since becoming King and Queen in September 2022 Samir Hussein/WireImage King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived in ...

King Charles III didn’t receive the warmest of welcomes when he arrived in Kenya for a four-day state visit on Monday. Calls are growing for the British monarch to make a heartfelt apology for ...

A man wearing a face mask walks through Kibera, an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. (Donwilson Odhiambo / SOPA Images via AP Images) EDITOR’S NOTE: The Nation believes that helping readers stay ...

Once a beacon of solidarity for independence movements across the African continent, Kenya now finds itself entangled in an alliance that threatens to erode its historical moral authority. Under ...

The current wave of the U.S. protests bringing down Confederate monuments has echoes in African social movements toppling statues of colonial rulers. Across the U.S., protesters have been taking down ...