It spread from the Americas to include colonies in Africa, Asia and Australasia. During this time Britain lost and gained colonies. During the early years of the British Empire, 13 colonies in ...

It offers a unique and scholarly history of the complexity of the British Empire through its origins, rise, fall and legacy. No subject is off limit. Its primary focus is on understanding the ...

British taxpayers are spending a staggering £99million on encouraging families in Africa and Asia to cook using electricity. More than £55million has already been paid out under the foreign aid ...

British tourists are flocking to Africa's beautiful country where it reaches 20 degrees in February. With a divine cuisine, Art Deco architecture and bustling markets, it's no surprise that this ...

Across Africa, young people benefit from formal education and training programmes from the British Council, which lead to lives filled with opportunity. See how the British Council supports ...

Gladstone, again her prime minister, disliked about British colonial ... of diminishing Empire. Mahdi. Hulton Getty Picture Archive. The Queen's experience of colonial Africa had been even more ...

Russian Ambassador Roman Ambarov has honored the volunteers who fought in the Second Anglo-Boer War at a memorial event in ...

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a UK honours system that ... first, receiving South Africa's national honour, the Order of Ikhamanga in Silver (OIS), for excellent contributions ...

When Marcus Garvey died in 1940 the role of the British Empire was already being challenged ... whole world was now a reality. The people of Africa and Asia had joined in this conflict but with ...

So, too, did the French presence in North Africa, the Dutch presence in Indonesia ... Roosevelt was determined to ensure that the war’s end also heralded the end of the British Empire. Roosevelt’s ...