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French Colonialism

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Ivory Coast Receives Djidji Ayokwe ‘Talking Drum’ in First Return From France

A special French law cleared the way for the handover after more than a century in Paris.

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

France Returns Three Colonial-Era Skulls to Madagascar in First Use of Restitution Law

Macron Acknowledges France ‘Waged a War’ in Cameroon and Proposes Joint Inquiry

Macron Acknowledges France’s Repressive Violence in Cameroon