Video - The 'Code noir,' enacted in 1685 under King Louis XIV, defined the rules of slavery in France's colonies. Prime ...

The refusal to take responsibility for the atrocities committed by the French army during colonialisation permeates public ...

France’s plan to build a €400 million high-security prison in the Amazonian town of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni has triggered fierce backlash from French Guiana’s leaders. Touted as a tool against ...

The French Press Agency (AFP) acted suspiciously in the interview it conducted with the French historian, Benjamin Stora, ...

Recruited from West Africa, the Senegalese Tirailleurs fought bravely for France in World War II - yet their sacrifices remain largely forgotten. Here is every country working on trade deals with ...

"No pain in history gives a licence to offend France," he added, in reference to the 132-year-old colonial era, the memory of which is still a great source of tension. For historian Benjamin Stora ...

The French colonization of Vietnam remains one of the most harrowing chapters in the legacy of European imperialism, leaving an indelible scar on Southeast Asia. France's conquest of Vietnam began ...

The French government still has a colonial strategy in New Caledonia ... and the vote to remain part of France swung to 96.5 percent. “Because the Kanak people did not participate in the third ...