The world’s oldest president, Cameroon’s Paul Biya, is running for yet another term. Biya’s autocratic rule stems directly from a brutal colonial war France waged in the 1950s and ’60s while keeping ...

Environment / The International Court of Justice’s ruling that countries have a legal duty to curb climate change was the ...

The agreement does not grant France’s 172 years-old Pacific colony independence, either immediately or in the future.

France will return the skull of a Sakalava king, along with those of two of his warriors, to Madagascar in August 2025. This repatriation comes 128 years after their beheading in 1897. Madagascar's ...

THE TOWNSHIP of Rochester in the Province of New Hampshire was chartered in May 1722. The 253 proprietors who had been ...

In the port city of Marseille in the south of France, a local artist is leading tours that shed light on the city's colonial ...

Although the Royal Charter of the Colony of Virginia in 1609 granted the authority to mint coins, the power was never used ...

In the Treaty of Paris France ceded Canada to Britain and the Louisiana Territory, including New Orleans, to Spain. Spain gave up its claim to Florida. Shortly after the Treaty, King George issued a ...

France on Thursday formally handed back its last two military bases in Senegal, leaving Paris with no permanent army camps in ...

France has officially ended its military presence in Senegal by transferring control of its last facility in the country.

France returned Camp Geille, its largest base in Senegal, and its airfield at Dakar’s airport in a ceremony on Thursday ...

France will on Thursday formally hand back its last military bases in Senegal, leaving the French army with no permanent ...