White European soldiers outlined just how challenging the conditions in East Africa were for them. One young British officer, named as Lewis, had watched in horror as every man in his unit was ...

The result is a vulnerable, contradictory, and potentially dangerous area called British East Africa. In this flat land, this land of great mountains, of wild beasts, of desert and forest ...

In 2019 Middle East Eye reported the testimony of a former British soldier who said he had witnessed ... and analysis of the Middle East, North Africa and beyond. To learn more about republishing ...