In 1944, French colonial forces massacred West African ... West African soldiers who had once been brothers in arms, French officers vowed to “bring back order,” according to a French military ...

Djibouti, where the French president is visiting, remains home to a French military base with 1,500 soldiers, making it the ...

Senegal has commemorated the 80th anniversary of a colonial-era massacre of African soldiers who fought for France during World War II and were shot by French soldiers in 1944 for demanding fair ...