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

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

Haitian essayist and speaker Monique Clesca urges President Emmanuel Macron to acknowledge the 'injustice' committed two ...

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

A joint commission of French and Haitian historians will examine the contentious issue of the huge sum that Paris forced its ...

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

On Jan. 1 of this year, the now-former president of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council, Leslie Voltaire, reminded France of this call when he requested that France “repay the debt of ...

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

The French president did not, however, address longstanding Haitian demands for reparations over what is referred to as a ...