After the German and Ottoman empires fell following World War I ... stunting political and economic development in ways that are still obvious today, scholars say. Former colonies such as Mali and ...

After the German and Ottoman empires fell following World War ... scholars say. Former colonies such as Mali and Burkina Faso, both led by the military, have now turned against France because ...

and the Ottoman Empire). The bulk of the fighting took place in Europe and West Asia, and European powers fighting each other, their colonies too became involved, supplying men, material, and money.

It comes after Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley claimed that Britain owes her country £3.9trillion, while a 2023 report put the figure owed to former Caribbean colonies overall at £18trillion.

People who did not want to be here were sent to the colonies for petty theft or political ... As descendants of grandparents who lived under the brutal Ottoman regime, we can empathise with ...