Africa’s modern map tells a story centuries in the making, yet much of it was drawn by foreign powers with little regard for local realities. Straight lines carved across rivers, mountains, and ...

Debate has flared up about maps allegedly taken by the British after Sudan became independent in 1956. While some believe the historic documents could ease ongoing border disputes, researchers doubt ...

When discussing the territorial boundaries of the Middle East, Africa, or other former colonial areas, there is often a temptation to trace the source of today’s wars to hubristic colonial powers who ...

KHARTOUM, Sudan, Feb 9, 2005 — It is a truism of Africa that the borders bequeathed by white colonial powers, drawn in the 19th-century scramble for Africa at the convenience of London, Paris and ...

The lack of willingness of countries to recognize Somaliland is solely due to the legacy of colonialism and how colonial decisions transformed into international law.

A new exhibition at The Reach Gallery Museum in Abbotsford, B.C. is confronting one of the enduring legacies of colonial mapping in Canada: The drawing of the 49th parallel and its impact on First ...

This article originally appeared in History of War magazine issue 149. The border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia in July 2025 originate in the region's colonial era over a hundred years ago. At ...