"The idea is not to empty French museums," said centrist Senator Catherine Morin-Desailly.

French President Emmanuel Macron pauses as he delivers a speech during a meeting in memory of the Algerians who fought alongside French colonial forces in Algeria's war, known as Harkis, at the Elysee ...

French senators adopted a bill on Wednesday to simplify the return of artworks looted during the colonial era to their ...

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France entered the Cold War determined to hold onto its African empire at all costs. Nationalist movements, global pressure, and Cold War politics quickly undermined that goal. Colonial wars drained ...

Even after Algeria gained independence, the old colonial relationship continued, changing its form but still happening ...

France's parliament on Monday approved returning to Ivory Coast a "talking drum" that colonial troops took from the Ebrie tribe in 1916, in the latest boost to the repatriation of colonial spoils. The ...

UPDATES with French response on unpaid pension. Pictures by John Wessels. Video by Magatte Gaye "They made us join up to wage war," said Ndiogou Dieye, 103, casting his memory back more than eight ...

PARIS (AP) — As French police race to track where the Louvre’s stolen crown jewels have gone, a growing chorus wants a brighter light on where they came from. The artifacts were French, but the gems ...