Patrice Lumumba became the prime minister of newly independent Congo. His close ally Andrée Blouin describes how Belgium and ...

The imperialist countries thought that they were superior based on their white race and the “natives” lacked the skills for ...

The CFA franc (Franc des Colonies Francais d’Afrique) was introduced in 1945, well before France’s decolonization in the late 1950s, as a way for France to control the economies of its African ...

"What is evident is that Benin is now at war--a war waged by French imperialism through proxy jihadist forces," argues Damien Zinsou Degbe of Benin's Council of Patriotic Youth, which has organized ...

Imperialism is again in vogue among Republicans. President-elect Donald Trump — no Teddy Roosevelt, he — bellows about snatching back the T.R.-built Panama Canal, buying mineral-rich Greenland ...

Ireland came out strong and finished stronger while defeating Scotland, 32-18, in a Six Nations rugby tilt Sunday evening in ...

The conflict comes amid rising global tensions after Donald Trump’s election, especially between Washington and Beijing, over ...

Ending US dollar dominance alone will not end monetary imperialism. Only much better multilateral arrangements to clear ...

In 1801, Haiti was on its way to making history as the Americas’ second independent country – and the world’s first free Black Republic – by defeating Napoleon Bonaparte’s French army.

In his New Year’s address, Alassane Ouattara, president of Ivory Coast since 2010—when he took power with the aid of French military intervention—announced, “We have decided on the coordinated and ...