France and Britain were colonial overlords of Africa; while Britain colonised 22 African countries, France colonised 20. Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea ...
The president of the Ivory Coast says he has asked France to withdraw its troops from the West African country. Ivory Coast officially gained independence from French colonial rule in 1960, but France ...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — It's been a tumultuous month for France and its relationship with former colonies in Africa, as its influence on the continent faces the biggest challenge in decades. As Paris ...
THE Africa Forward Summit, recently held in Nairobi, Kenya, remains fresh in the minds of many who follow African development ...
President Emmanuel Macron has embarked on a four-country visit as he slashes the French military presence and says colonial-era habits and attitudes must die. By Roger Cohen President Emmanuel Macron ...
In Bamako, Mali, on September 16, the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger created the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). On X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, Colonel Assimi ...
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Rebranding French imperialism

More than seven decades after the Fifth Pan-African Congress demanded the complete liberation of Africa from colonial domination, the continent still finds itself trapped in the structures of ...
Days after the democratically elected president of Niger was deposed in a military coup, thousands of supporters of the takeover thronged the French embassy in the nation’s capital to deliver an ...
SAINT-RAPHAEL, France (AP) — France commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of the French Riviera in World War II to push back the Nazis, with events Thursday that especially honored ...
Many see the rivalry between France and Senegal as a result of colonial heritage. But at the same time, European teams are ...