In once flourishing Aden, Yemeni matriarch recalls British Queen’s visit
Aden, Yemen Reuters Kulthoom Muhammad Saeed was 12-years-old when a young Queen Elizabeth II visited Aden, then one of the world’s busiest fuelling ports and a strategic piece of Britain’s crumbling global empire. Nearly seven decades later, Yemen’s long years of war and neglect have taken a devastating toll on Aden, and the death of the Queen […]
British royals’ Jamaica visit stirs demands for slavery reparations
Kingston, JamaicaReuters Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate arrived in Jamaica on Tuesday as part of a week-long Caribbean tour, hours after activists protested to demand reparations for slavery amid growing scrutiny of the British Empire’s colonial legacy. Protesters gather outside an office of the British government to demand that the United Kingdom pay […]
UK’s Prince Harry demands end to “greed and selfishness”, for nature’s sake
Liwonde, MalawiReuters Britain’s Prince Harry appealed on Monday in a national park in Malawi for increased global efforts to protect the environment against “greed, apathy and selfishness”. Harry, whose tour of southern Africa has taken him to four countries, observed a simulated anti-poaching operation by Malawian rangers and British soldiers aimed at protecting endangered species […]