The president of the Ivory Coast says he has asked France to withdraw its troops from the West African country. Ivory Coast officially gained independence from French colonial rule in 1960, but France ...

One of modern history’s major empires is falling apart right now, right before our eyes. Yet precious few in the media have reported on this extraordinary event, much less offered any analysis of its ...

Decades after independence, many African countries are increasingly troubled by the ongoing influence of their former colonial power. By Ruth Maclean BAMAKO, Mali — Many French guests came through the ...

Recently, I came across a video recording by the newly elected president of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, which I presumed was recorded before the presidential election in his country which he won ...

More than 60 years after most African states gained independence, the legal infrastructure imposed by former colonial powers continues to exert outsized influence. Across the continent, outdated ...