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Thiaroye 44: Investigating a colonial-era massacre in Senegal

'Thiaroye 44': New documentary explores 1944 massacre of West African soldiers

Ukraine conflict overshadows France's World War II commemorations

May 1, International Workers’ Day: A brief history of resistance

Rape as a weapon of war: France's shameful legacy in Algeria

The life and legacy of Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah

Rebuilding Notre-Dame: 'We should do something revolutionary'

On This Day in 2002: Doomed Socialist favourite laughs off threat of Le Pen in presidential final

Seventy years on the throne: The life and legacy of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II

Romania's Iași pogrom, one of the worst massacres of Jews during World War II

Six decades ago, Évian Accords paved way for Algerian independence

Algeria, 60 years on: Can France heal the open wound?

Algerian War: Sixty years on, artists help heal the wounds

France's nuclear tests in Algeria: 60 years after the Evian accords, a poisonous legacy

Algerian War of independence: Looking back at the Évian Accords, 60 years on

France's struggle with its past: Commemorating the end of the Algerian war

Sixty years after Évian Accords, Algerian War leaves painful legacy

Algerian War: Looking back at the Évian Accords, 60 years on

War in Ukraine sparks refugee crisis: 'The 1930s and 40s were a moment like this'

Sixty years on, Algerian and French nationals share stories of the Algerian War

Endurance: Shackleton's lost shipwreck found off Antarctica

Human evolution: Discovery of child's tooth in cave 'puts clock back 10,000 years'

Dutch PM Rutte apologises for violence in Indonesian War of Independence

Restoring the priceless heritage of France's Loire Valley