In Juneteenth’s fifth year as a federal holiday, commemorations of the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States continue to evolve in the Baltimore area and beyond.

Catholic churches are celebrating the national holiday of Juneteenth this week by honoring the freedom won by formerly ...

The Chagos Archipelago’s return to Mauritius marks the end of decades of diplomatic conflict between this island nation and ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after Civil War's end and two ...

Shadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride said: "Before the election Labour promised "growth, growth, growth" but today’s fall in GDP ...

To mark Africa Day 2025, the Africa Leadership College for Higher Education (ALCHE), in collaboration with Brahma Kumaris and the United Nations Association of Mauritius, hosted a landmark event under ...

The UK government will lease back the base from Mauritius at a cost of £101 million ... 1514 banning the breakup of colonies before independence. In one of its most shameful episodes of post ...

Pompe said it was "a very sad day,“ but vowed to continue fighting ... three years before Mauritius gained independence. Britain evicted as many as 2,000 people from the islands in the ...

Sir Keir Starmer has signed a deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back a key military base for £101m a year. The prime minister said the deal was the only way to maintain the base's ...

After the injunction was lifted, Pompe said it was "a very sad day ... islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained independence.

After the injunction was lifted, Pompe said it was “a very sad day ... away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained independence.