Few people realize, though, that before the world wars Germany had 11 colonies in Africa, Asia ... In today’s Republic of Cameroon French and English are both spoken. Cameroon still has ...

A painting of a Dutch settlement near Surat with a detail from a sketch of “Surat and neighbourhood, from ‘A Voyage To Surat’, 1689. | In public domain, via Wikimedia Commons and Internet ...

Niger replaced on Wednesday the names of streets and public squares inherited from the French colonial era with those of prominent African historical figures. The renaming, initiated by the ...

Since the coup, Niger's authorities have expelled both the French soldiers fighting against ... of military leaders are redrawing West Africa’s map Meanwhile the Place de Francophonie was ...

Since the documentary’s cameras stopped rolling, plans for a new museum to showcase the treasures have stalled, and the ...

Looted by French colonial forces from the Kingdom of Dahomey (1600–1904), these represent just a fraction of some 7,000 ...

With a wave of coups in former French colonies in Africa, France is finding it can no longer take its military role on the continent for granted. There have been growing protests against France's ...

which retained huge influence in many of its former colonies in Africa. Another significant name change is Niamey's Place de La Francophonie, named after the group of French-speaking states.

Many have expressed surprise at the emerging alliance of Beijing, Moscow and Tehran, which are three starkly different regimes. Do they have anything in common apart from authoritarianism? It is all ...

Vancouver Art Gallery exhibition is a painterly yet political expression using folklore, fantasy and science fiction ...

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has told Morocco’s parliament that he believes Western Sahara should be under Moroccan ...

They include Janice Canaday, 67, who also is the museum's African American community engagement manager ... The Bray School ...