At times, colonial officers bought vast expanses of African territory, or in other instances, scouts simply staked a country’s flag in an African nation to claim it.

Analysis - By 1885, Adolf Lüderitz had acquired vast territories in today's Namibia. But his contracts with local people were so dodgy that even German colonial officials doubted them.

Macron’s Africa 'reset' stumbles as leaders call out colonial overtones. French President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to “reset” France’s relationship with its former African colonies ...

France still has some level of control over its former colonies, here's how. How France still controls Africa [Newsweek] T Temi Iwalaiye Follow; Amidst the recent coups in Mali, Gabon, Burkina ...

One of the major problems facing former colonial countries, such as France and its colonies, is their lack of interest in developing these countries. Instead, they focus on benefiting from their ...