Been a while since school but in :france-cool:, the subject was broached, relatively quickly; and in a very aseptized manner. It's vaguely recognized as having sometimes been wrong, but most of the times as having issued from good intentions in the first place. Racism is not discussed, or only as the actions of a regrettable few, and if the state itself is ever assigned some level of responsibility (often with some recognition resources were stolen) it is of course concluded that today, things have been settled and are different.

The Algeria war coverage was more in depth and was more honest and critical of the actions of the state, especially outlining torture from French forces; though with a hefty amount of both-side-ing.

Haiti was not discussed IIRC. The wholesale exploitation of Africa, barely. Stuff like the franc CFA was presented as an economic stability tool (!!), too, if I remember correctly - I think I especially remember one lesson were it was presented as a positive gesture towards Africa, which is insane. Oh, and I never learned about Thomas Sankara in school, obviously.

I suspect things have evolved slightly for the better since I was in school but not that much. Also, the above describes the official program; I had the chance to have at least two (especially one) very leftist history teachers, which were extremely vocal and critical of - a rarity at this time - both NATO and the US. A lot of teachers in France are, thankfully, leftists.