Chad, a longtime Western counterterrorism ally in central Africa, said it is ending military ties with France, the latest country in the troubled Sahel region to break with its former colonial ...

Between 35 and 400 West African soldiers who fought for the French Army in the Battle of France in 1940 were killed on Dec. 1, 1944 by French soldiers after what the French described as a mutiny ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 as a massacre DAKAR, Senegal -- French President Emmanuel ...

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has drawn strong condemnation from historians, opposition leaders and other critics after ...

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye told AFP Thursday that France should close its military bases in the West African state as it prepared to mark the 80th anniversary of a notorious colonial ...

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a statement as part of Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s two-day state visit to France, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (Sarah ...

Between 35 and 400 West African soldiers who fought for the French Army in the Battle of France in 1940 were killed on Dec. 1, 1944 by French soldiers after what the French described as a mutiny ...

The first round of Romania’s presidential elections brought significant surprises, with nationalist independent candidate ...

The decision to end the defence cooperation agreement revised in 2019 is another nail in the coffin of France's historic and colonial role in west and central Africa after it was forced to pull ...