The Algerian Senate toned down some of the original provisions in the bill, such as a call for apologies and reparations from France.

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To speak today of the French Colonial Empire is, of course, to speak of something belonging to the past. Juridically speaking, the Empire replaced it by the vague and never clearly defined concept of ...

DAKAR, SenegalDAKAR, Senegal — When Gabon’s longtime leader was detained in the latest coup in Africa last week, France condemned the takeover but did little to intervene — despite having hundreds of ...

Proposed colonization by Jews of four French colonies might ultimately win the financial assistance of the Government it was disclosed today. The aid, however, would be conditional, on the ...

The president of the Ivory Coast says he has asked France to withdraw its troops from the West African country. Ivory Coast officially gained independence from French colonial rule in 1960, but France ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — It's been a tumultuous month for France and its relationship with former colonies in Africa, as its influence on the continent faces the biggest challenge in decades. As Paris ...

Martinique is the latest nation to begin breaking free from its French colonizer. The Caribbean island, which sits in the Lesser Antilles and is an overseas region of France, has joined the likes of ...

Long before the United States became involved, Vietnam was already the center of a long struggle for independence. Under French colonial rule in the 19th and early 20th centuries, economic ...