colonial – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Sat, 21 Nov 2015 14:03:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png colonial – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Burundi’s Government says Belgium behind Plot to overthrow President Pierre Nkurunziza https://www.theinfostride.com/burundis-government-says-belgium-behind-plot-to-overthrow-president-pierre-nkurunziza/ Sat, 21 Nov 2015 14:03:11 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=107971 Burundi’s government has accused its former colonial ruler Belgium of instigating an attempted coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza in May – a charge Belgium called absurd. Army officers unhappy with Nkurunziza’s bid to seek a third term as leader tried to seize power while he was on an official visit to neighbouring Tanzania. “We blame [...]

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]]> The history of a Vietnamese teenager who captured a French general https://www.theinfostride.com/the-history-of-a-vietnamese-teenager-who-captured-a-french-general/ Sun, 04 May 2014 05:47:01 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=40246 One of Vietnam's last surviving veterans of the battle of Dien Bien Phu recounts with pride the day in May 1954 when, aged just 19, he captured the commander of the French colonial forces. Hoang Dang Vinh's display of military prowess earned him the…

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]]> The roots of Nigeria’s religious and ethnic conflict https://www.theinfostride.com/the-roots-of-nigerias-religious-and-ethnic-conflict/ Wed, 12 Mar 2014 00:38:24 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=28137 Modern Nigeria emerged through the merging of two British colonial territories in 1914. The amalgamation was an act of colonial convenience. It occurred mainly because British colonizers desired a contiguous colonial territory stretching from the arid…

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