About British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It originated with the overseas possessions and trading posts established by England between the late 16th and early 18th centuries.
South Africa: The region where political violence is on the rise ahead of elections
... KwaZulu means " place of the Zulus" and has a long history of violence - from the 19th Century wars of King Shaka, the struggle against the British Empire, then against apartheid, and the conflict between political parties that threatened to derail South Africa s transition to democracy in the 1990s...
Commonwealth Games: Gold Coast mayor scraps bid for 2026 event
... To be eligible to participate in the games, competitors must be from one of over 70 nations or territories - many of which were once part of the British Empire...
King Charles Kenya trip: Mau Mau uprising hangs over visit
... More than 10,000 people were killed and others tortured during the brutal suppression of the Mau Mau uprising in the 1950s, one of the British Empire s bloodiest insurgencies...
David McCallum obituary: TV favourite from NCIS and The Man From U. N. C. L. E.
... " He did his National Service policing the British Empire with the Royal West African Frontier Force before returning home and attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada)...
Santander: Frozen bank card forces disabled man to borrow for food
... He was awarded the British Empire Medal in 2018 for his campaigning work on behalf of disabled people...
Charlie Gladstone: Rishi Sunak is completely wrong on slavery
... Britain also passed crucial laws to abolish the slave trade in 1807, and then slavery in most parts of the British Empire in 1833...
British Museum: Chinese TikTok hit amplifies calls for return of artefacts
... Egypt has been asking for the return of the Rosetta Stone, forcibly taken by the British Empire in 1801...
UK's £18tn slavery debt is an underestimation, UN judge says
... He said: " We acknowledge the role of British authorities in enabling the slave trade for many years before being the first global force to drive the end of the slave trade in the British Empire...
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