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Antwerp's 'human zoo': Belgium confronts shame of colonial past

Europe
Focus

Antwerp's 'human zoo': Belgium confronts shame of colonial past

Europe

From colonial symbol to sanctuary: Paris's Grand Mosque turns 100

Interview
France

French intellectual and inventor of 'cinema verité' Edgar Morin dies at 104

France

Macron backs symbolic repeal of France's slavery laws, warns against 'false promises' on reparations

France

France to return bodies of Indigenous people exhibited in colonial ‘human zoos’

Interview
France

New York's Mamdani calls on King Charles to 'return' Koh-i-Noor diamond taken from India

Americas
A propos

'Today the relationship between France and the African continent changes,' historian says

Africa

'Today the relationship between France and the African continent changes,' historian says

Africa

French lawmakers pass bill simplifying return of artworks looted during colonial era

Africa

French Senate approves draft bill to simplify return of colonial-era artefacts

France

Acquire territory, export culture wars: How to make sense of Trump’s ‘new imperialism’

Long read
Americas
Press Review

Is the bandhgala jacket a relic of colonialism or inherently Indian?

Asia / Pacific

Algerian parliament brands French colonisation a crime, demands apology and reparations

Africa

French ‘counter-monument’ holds up a mirror to ghosts of colonial Algeria

Long read
France

Senegal report shows WWII massacre 'premeditated' by French colonial forces

Africa

Senegal report sheds new light on WWII French colonial massacre

Africa

Ireland's iconic play 'Translations' hits Dakar stage

Africa

The Bright Side: Bangladesh eyes end to dazzling Darya-e-Noor diamond mystery

Asia / Pacific

Madagascar receives skull of former king beheaded by French troops

Africa

Vietnam marks 80 years of independence from France with parade of 40,000

Asia / Pacific

France returns skull of colonial-era beheaded king to Madagascar

Africa
Eye on Africa

France hands back human remains to Madagascar, 127 years after colonial massacre

Africa

France returns three skulls to Madagascar, a former colony

France

Macron admits to France's 'repressive violence' during Cameroon's push for independence

France

Trump-Putin summit set for Alaska, the US state with a Russian past

Americas

France prepares law to fast-track return of art looted during imperial conquests

France
France in focus

Frantz Fanon: From Martinique to Algeria, the journey of an anti-colonialist

Africa
Access Asia

Historian retraces 5,000 years of Indian history

Asia / Pacific

Historian Audrey Truschke retraces 5,000 years of Indian history

Asia / Pacific
Perspective

Aboriginal-led inquiry finds genocide committed against Indigenous Australians

Asia / Pacific

France moves to return colonial-era 'talking drum' to Ivory Coast

France
Eye on Africa

Jazzman Ludovic Louis draws inspiration from anti-colonial activist Frantz Fanon

Africa

🌟The Bright Side: Tribes from India visit UK museum to bring home ancestors' remains

Europe

Remembering Sétif, the VE Day colonial massacres that ‘lost Algeria’ for France

Explainer
Africa
Revisited

Fall of Saigon, 50 years on: A tale of war, loss and renewal

Asia / Pacific

Fall of Saigon, 50 years on: A tale of war, loss and renewal

No more Boulevard de France: Ivory Coast's colonial street names get a rebrand

Africa

Macron announces economic deals with Madagascar on first official visit

Europe

Haiti’s independence ransom: Macron offers ‘truth’, Haitians want reparations

Long read
Americas

France, Algeria continue talks in effort to repair fractured ties

France
France in focus

French overseas territories: Martinique's Creole melting pot

France
Entre Nous

French pronunciation: It's all about 'ze' accents!

France

France leaves last remaining military base in Ivory Coast

Africa

French court orders city of Biarritz to rename 'La Négresse' neighbourhood

France

'Time to move on': France faces gradual decline of influence in Africa

Explainer
Africa

Ivory Coast president announces French troops' departure in January

Africa

French forces to withdraw from Ivory Coast, President Ouattara says

Africa

Mauritius holds out on Chagos deal despite US pressure

Africa

Belgian court rules against state over abduction of mixed-race children in colonial Congo

Europe

Senegal ceremony marks 80 years since French colonial massacre at Thiaroye

Africa

Macron recognises Algerian national hero Larbi Ben M'hidi 'killed by French soldiers' in 1957

France
Focus

Red All Saints' Day: Remembering the start of the Algerian War, 70 years ago

Africa

Niger renames its historic places to sever ties with French colonial past

Africa
Eye on Africa

Beninese musical brings Kingdom of Dahomey's history to life

Africa

‘Like torture, like rape’: Greenland urges Denmark to confront its dark past

Americas

Linguistic shift underway in Senegal, where Wolof is overtaking French

Africa

France honours six African soldiers killed on French army orders during World War II

Europe

Top UN court says Israel's presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and should end

Middle East
Focus

Brazilians retrace their African roots using DNA tests

Americas

The battle of Monte Cassino: Both glory and dishonour for the French army

World war II
Europe

Entente Cordiale: From a 'long historical perspective', 120-year Franco-British alliance is unique

Award-winning French writer Maryse Conde dies at 90

Culture

France to repatriate bodies of colonial soldiers killed in 1954 Vietnam defeat

Asia / Pacific

France's parliament condemns 1961 police massacre of Algerians in Paris

Europe

Israel’s largest land seizure since Oslo Accords deals fresh blow to Palestinian statehood

West Bank
Middle East

Mati Diop's documentary 'Dahomey' on looted African art wins top prize at Berlin film festival

Culture

Palestinians accuse Israel of 'colonialism and apartheid' at International Court of Justice

Middle East
Revisited

Mau Mau rebels, heroes of Kenya's independence, still seeking recognition

Africa

Belgium celebrates Saint Nicholas Day with black character Queen Nikkolah

Europe
Eye on Africa

Ghana calls for African united front on demand for slavery reparations

Africa
The World This Week

The World This Week: Gaza war, UK and Kenya, new Beatles song

Middle East