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

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 ...

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

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 ...

France 2, a national public network, aired a program titled "The Secret War between France and Algeria." This propagandist ...

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

France never really came to terms with its colonial heritage or its colonial mindset. French colonizers went to the Americas in the 16th century, and a hundred years later set up a number of ...