France never really came to terms with its colonial heritage or its colonial mindset. French colonizers went to the Americas in the 16th century, and a hundred years later set up a number of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the French union CGT Martinique perform a go-slow protest on the ring road leading to the airport in Fort-de-France, on ...

“Cette femme qui voit sans être vue frustre le colonisateur. Il n’y a pas réciprocité.” These words, written in 1959 by Algerian revolutionary Frantz Fanon, described the deep frustration of the ...

In terms of France’s broader Indo-Pacific engagement, the strategic implications of the New Caledonia uprising are profound both for Paris and its Western-aligned allies. The recent unrest in New ...

A man cycles past the Government Guest House in Hanoi. Crispy banh mi baguettes, grand colonial facades and babbling Francophone schoolchildren are lingering ...

France’s colonial legacy in West Africa has come under renewed scrutiny as demands for reparations and economic justice intensify across the region. At a high-profile roundtable held at the African ...

French President Emmanuel Macron admitted his country used "repressive violence" in Cameroon during the 1950s, as the West African nation fought for its independence. In a letter sent to Cameroonian ...

France still has some level of control over its former colonies, here's how. France and Britain were colonial overlords of Africa; while Britain colonised 22 African countries, France colonised 20.