But he forgave the former colonial power when a British man gave him a bicycle.
He suggested Canada would be outsourcing its foreign policy to the former colonial power.
Britain, the former colonial power, has also been Sierra Leone's closest ally in recent years.
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France, a former colonial power, mobilized its military and launched bombing raids and sent in troops.
Despite occasional rows, Britain, the ex-colonial power, has usually been lenient towards the Kenyan government.
Embassytown, that outpost of the colonial power of Bremen, is starting to crumble under its own weight.
It was the colonial power in Mali until 1960, and there are strong links of family and trade.
Both the US and France, the former colonial power, turned down government pleas for help against the rebels.
Australia turned a blind eye when Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975, after Portugal, the colonial power, had bolted.
We met in his office in the Secretariat building that was the seat of British colonial power here until 1947.
Because it is clearly not in the pocket of a former colonial power, it is more likely to be listened to.
France, the former colonial power in Mali, has committed about 1, 700 troops and air crews to the fight, Le Drian said.
Filipino officers speak English, know and admire America, once the colonial power, and can bond with their comrades over beer and karaoke.
Mr Mugabe recently sent three ministers to London to discuss land reform with the former colonial power, but they went away empty-handed.
Mali's former colonial power, France, is leading the offensive in the north.
Haiti also had to borrow to pay crippling reparations to France, the former colonial power: the loans were not paid off until 1947.
France - the former colonial power in Mali - launched a military operation this month after Islamist militants appeared to be threatening the south.
Chad's former colonial power, France, flew in an extra 150 troops from Gabon on Wednesday to supplement the 1, 200 troops already in the country.
France - the former colonial power in Mali - launched a military operation last month after the militants appeared to be threatening the south.
As colonial power and the riches of empire declined, there was an increasing desire to define greatness as something other than wealth and territory.
As Sierra Leone's former colonial power, Britain hopes its increased commitment to Sierra Leone will encourage other countries to provide troops for the UN force.
America and France, the former colonial power, immediately froze non-humanitarian aid.
France, the former colonial power in Mali, also condemned the attack.
At the same news conference where Mr Djotodia announced the mining reviews, also said he would ask former colonial power France to help retrain its army.
Because many Filipinos object to the return of troops from the former colonial power, American forces have not been allowed to do any fighting, except in self-defence.
Following a referendum in 2008 it now largely controls its own affairs, though Denmark, the old colonial power, remains in charge of foreign affairs, defence and immigration.
Britain was the former colonial power in Somaliland from 1888-1960.
France, Mali's former colonial power, is leading the offensive after militants captured the vast northern desert region, raising fears they would turn it into a haven for terrorists.
He was speaking after UN diplomats revealed that Malian President Dioncounda Traore had asked France - the country's former colonial power - to help counter the rebel offensive.
Once a constitutional government is restored, France -- the former colonial power in Mali -- will resume military and civil cooperation with Mali, according to the French foreign ministry.
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