The unexplained removal of a Berlin marker commemorating the 1884–85 Berlin Conference — where European powers partitioned Africa — has sparked international concern. Scholars and advocacy groups warn ...

In the 1880s, colonial interest groups were active across Europe, but colonization hadn’t yet gained full support from governments or the general public. France and Great Britain had already secured ...

The Berlin conference was held in an attempt to resolve the conflict in Libya. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council participated in addition to Egypt, Turkey, Algeria, the United Arab ...

Berlin, Germany – The plaque that marks 77 William Street, the building in the German capital where a meeting that forever shaped Africa’s fate took place, is different. Unlike those beside it – ...

February 26 th marked the 140 th anniversary of one of the most consequential events in the history of Western imperialism: the signing of the General Act at the Berlin Conference of 1885. Convened by ...