On Dec. 1, 1944, likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were killed by the French ...

Commemoration prompts renewed calls for an investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.

Chad, a former African colony of France, has for decades been central to its military operations in Africa, but it is ...

The Thiaroye massacre remains a contentious historical episode as Senegal marks its 80th anniversary. In 1944, West African soldiers, part of the French colonial army, were killed by French troops ...

On Dec. 1, 1944, hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French ...

On Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday (November 28) ...

The decision represents growing anti-French sentiment in Chad and the Sahel region, where France has been effectively ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army ...

The British Army has fired its new Archer Mobile Howitzer system for the first time. The Royal Artillery tested its latest firepower in the Arctic Circle on Monday, only 70 miles from Russia’s ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s governing party is poised to win a parliamentary majority as main opposition leaders conceded defeat Monday in an election determining whether newly elected ...

But the region is now located within the former French colony of Senegal — although it is separated ... Unrest has returned recently until the army launched a major new offensive in January ...