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French Colonialism

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French National Assembly Votes to Repeal the 1685 Code Noir

The lower house formally struck the colonial-era edict from the statute books to acknowledge past abuses and require study of slavery’s legacy.

France Approves Law to Return Looted Colonial‑Era Art

French Lawmakers Approve Bill to Speed Returns of Colonial-Era Artifacts

France Returns Sacred 'Talking Drum' to Ivory Coast in First Repatriation

Thailand Reports Grenade Fired Near Border Patrol, Cambodia Rejects Claim

French Senate Passes Framework Bill to Systematize Colonial-Era Restitutions

Thailand–Cambodia Ceasefire Tested by Thai Claim of Mass Drone Incursion

Algeria Criminalizes French Colonization, Demands Apologies and Reparations

Algeria Enacts Law Branding French Rule a Crime, Seeking Apology and Reparations

Algeria Unanimously Passes Law Declaring French Rule a Crime of State

Charlie Hebdo Cartoon of Rokhaya Diallo as Joséphine Baker Draws Condemnation in France

Algeria Criminalizes French Colonial Rule as Paris Decries Law as 'Clearly Hostile'

Cambodia Presses for Malaysia Venue for Thailand Talks as Border Fighting Continues

Thailand–Cambodia Fighting Escalates as Cambodia Alleges Thai Strike Near Siem Reap

France Rejects Cession Talk in Dispute With Vanuatu Over Hunter and Matthew

Cambodia Says Thai F‑16s Bombed Siem Reap as Border Fighting Enters Second Week

Fighting on Thailand–Cambodia Border Rages as Bangkok Denies Ceasefire Claim

Senegal Unveils Thiaroye Report Alleging Premeditated Massacre, Cover-Up

Thai Forces Fire Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets at Cambodian Protesters in Disputed Border Village

Madagascar Welcomes Three Sakalava Skulls Returned by France