France extracted a huge indemnity from Haiti, in exchange for recognition of its independence. This week marked the 200th ...

Haiti, which declared its independence on Jan. 1, 1804, and defeated Napoleon’s army soon after, didn’t have the money to pay ...

After two centuries, a contrite tone from President Emmanuel Macron, though no talk of reparations for French actions that ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced he intends to set up a joint Franco-Haitian commission to examine France's ...

Two centuries to the day after France imposed a crippling debt on Haiti in exchange for its independence, a UN forum heard calls for the restitution of what has long been described as a “ransom” ...

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that historic injustice was imposed on Haiti when it was forced ...

French President Emmanuel Macron announced the creation of a joint Franco-Haitian commission to assess the historical ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said a joint commission of French and Haitian historians would investigate the ...

The French president announced the commission on the 200th anniversary of France ordering Haiti to pay a debt for its freedom ...

PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron is to set up a joint Franco-Haitian commission to examine France's past ...

Emmanuel Macron will speak on the bicentenary of Haiti’s recognition of independence. The president may address the history ...

In March, tennis star Naomi Osaka, who is of Haitian descent, added her voice to the chorus in a tweet wondering when France would pay Haiti back. As a scholar of 19th-century Haitian history and ...