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Many places in Michigan, including cities and streets, have French-origin names, a remnant of the state's past. Here's what ...
The 171st anniversary of the French colonization of New Caledonia, which is east of Australia and 10 time zones ahead of Paris, comes four months after protests by Kanaks against French President ...
The legislative act, drafted under the influence of pieds-noirs circles nostalgic for French Algeria, required in its article 4 "the recognition, by school curricula in particular, of the positive ...
Associated Press NOUMEA, New Caledonia (AP) — New Caledonia has marked the anniversary of its French colonization. There’s tight security and simmering tensions between the pro-independence ...
The common CFA franc currency, used by former French colonies in West and Central Africa, has been a big point of controversy. The currency, created in colonial times, ...
In a new step within its ongoing compensation policy, the French government has decided to expand the list of structures eligible for compensation for the harkis and their families, including 37 new ...
Senegal demands answers as the West African country commemorates a French colonial massacre Biram Senghor, whose father was killed in 1944, holds a phone with a photo of his father, in Rufisque ...