The French colonial empire encompassed vast territories in northern, central, and western Africa, comprising 18 modern-day African countries. However, France's colonial policies were primarily driven ...

The U.N. cultural agency has approved a new addition to its world heritage registrar with hundreds of records documenting people who were enslaved in the French colonial empire.

Le Figaro’s correspondents polled 500 citizens, a cross section of the population, on French colonial geography. Last week the paper reported the gratifyingly horrendous results.

After the French parliament voted on Monday to return to Ivory Coast a "talking drum" that colonial troops took from the ...

In particular, the French colonial empire, spanning Africa and Southeast Asia, saw a significant expansion of hevea plantations at the expense of primary forests.

The French army’s choir sang “The Commandos of Africa" before Cameroonian President Biya took the stand. “The thousands of men … came from all over the French colonial empire,” Biya said. “The ...

The French Colonial Government canceled military leaves, closed the port of Haiphong, suspended railway traffic throughout the colony, manned coastal defenses, barricaded streets and squares in ...

New project set to rename public spaces bearing names of colonial officers as Dakar distances itself from France.

That part of the world, called the Maghreb, encompasses Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, all of which were part of the French colonial empire for many years.

THE annexation of Ethiopia has presented the Italian Government with a tremendous problem in colonial administration. No other area in Africa of equal size offers such variety of topography, climate, ...

In particular, the French colonial empire, spanning Africa and Southeast Asia, saw a significant expansion of hevea plantations at the expense of primary forests.