Namibian communities demand return of land in dispute over German genocide legacy
Windhoek, Namibia Reuters Namibian communities whose ancestors were massacred by German colonial forces and had their property seized more than a century ago are calling for fresh talks with Berlin to negotiate the return of ancestral land. Germany agreed in May 2021 to fund projects worth €1.1 billion over 30 years to make up for […]
South Korea hints at compensating victims of Japan’s colonial forced labour
Seoul, South KoreaReuters The South Korean Government unveiled a plan on Thursday to compensate victims of Japan’s wartime forced labour through its own public foundation – instead of using funds from Japanese companies – prompting backlash from victims and their families. South Korea’s Supreme Court in 2018 ordered Japanese firms to pay reparations to former […]
Ukraine church leader: No deal with Russia if they see us as colony
Vatican CityReuters The head of Ukraine’s Byzantine-rite Catholic Church met Pope Francis on Monday and said there can be no dialogue with Russia as long as Moscow considered the neighbour it invaded a colony to be subjugated. Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk’s trip to the Vatican was his first trip outside Ukraine since the Russian invasion […]
Macron may find Algeria’s leaders hard to woo in trip
Algiers, Algeria/Paris, France Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron hopes his three-day trip to Algeria from Thursday will end a diplomatic row and allow him to develop his relationship with young Algerians, but the North African country’s leaders may prove hard to win over. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune wants solid investment commitments – which seem unlikely to […]