As two former French colonies in Africa join the Commonwealth ... and for exercising "soft power" on the world stage. Getty Images UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in Rwanda for three days ...

The 13 original colonies of the United States were the foundation of what would become a new nation, born from a blend of ambition, conflict and compromise. These colonies stretched along the Atlantic ...

“It is very difficult for the Kanak people to live here. The French government still has a colonial strategy in New Caledonia ...

People in Africa were burdened by colonial perceptions ... on African soldiers by the French. Senegalese soldiers continued to be in the French army after World War II. This stands in contrast ...

Germany today is one of the most admired countries in Europe and around the world ... Republic of Cameroon French and English are both spoken. Cameroon still has some colonial-era infrastructure ...

and similarly in New Caledonia in the Southwest Pacific, another site of recent protests that focused on independence and representation for the indigenous Kanak people. Direct French colonial ...

which he described as “colonies,” citing the nuclear tests in French Polynesia and Algeria. He also accused French President Emmanuel Macron's government of being responsible for the violent outbursts ...

French Ecology Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher says she will not take part in the COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan.

Recent protests in the French overseas territories of Martinique and Guadeloupe are ostensibly over cost-of-living increases.