As the colonial forces were preparing to leave Kenya, in the days leading up to its independence from Britain in 1963, they were given one last order. Before they left, they took with them crates upon ...

The Mau Mau uprising began in 1952 as a reaction to inequalities and injustices in British-controlled Kenya. The response of the colonial administration was a fierce crackdown on the rebels, resulting ...

From the reaction of the Mau Mau veterans in Kenya, you might have been forgiven for thinking they had won their torture case against the UK government. George Morara, of the Kenya Human Rights ...

Kenyan Mau Mau war veterans celebrate the UK high court ruling of 5 October 2012 allowing them to proceed with compensation claims against the British government. ITN The British government is ...

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Mzee George Kuria I was excited to serve the colonial government. I was given a pair of shorts which had no pockets a belt, and a monthly salary of Sh60- Former Home Guard During the fight for ...

The Harvard historian Caroline Elkins stirred controversy with her work on the crushing of the Mau Mau uprising. But it laid the ground for a legal case that has transformed our view of Britain’s past ...

A British court ruled on Friday that three elderly Kenyans who were tortured under British rule in the 1950s could pursue their claim for damages from London, a judgement likely to encourage other ...

On the high seas of Mill Basin off the coast of Brooklyn there is an island by the name of Mau Mau. With a name like that, it is no wonder that a naval battle was held for the honor of this landmass’ ...

Kenyans just celebrated the 59th Madaraka Day since the first was marked in 1964, a year after Kenya’s independence, which was attained after shedding ‘blood, sweat and tears. Here are some of the Mau ...

A statue of Mau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi, who was killed in 1957. K. Gituma/Wikimedia For 40 years, successive Kenyan governments turned their back on the Mau Mau. The armed movement sprang up in the ...

Foreign Secretary William Hague has expressed regret and announced compensation for Kenyans tortured during the Mau Mau uprising in the 1950s and 60s. Thousands of people were killed during the Mau ...