And even after the sanctions were lifted in late February, the usual uranium export route, via Benin's port of Cotonou, ...

Hundreds of West African soldiers who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French army on Dec. 1, ...

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 ...

Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. On that day in 1944, at least 35 Tirailleurs – members of a ...

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

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 ...

Dakar (AFP) – Senegal's ruling party won over three-quarters of parliamentary seats in weekend elections, according to national provisional results announced Thursday, potentially handing them ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s ruling party, PASTEF, secured a resounding victory in the country's legislative elections, winning 130 of 165 seats, according to provisional results announced ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two companies agreed to pay the U.S. government $2 million each to settle a lawsuit that alleged the businesses fraudulently inflated the price of computers and other hardware ...