Mali followed fellow junta-ruled Burkina Faso and Niger on Wednesday in renaming streets and squares in its capital to get rid of their French colonial names. Streets bearing the names of members ...
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 ...
The West Africans were members of the unit called “Tirailleurs Sénégalais,” a corps of colonial infantry in the French Army that fought in both World Wars. According to historians ...
As the 19th century dawned, the US was a fledgling nation. By its close, it had emerged as the dominant power in the Western Hemisphere. This transformative century witnessed the devastation of ...
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Biram Senghor, whose father was killed in 1944, holds a phone with a photo of his father, in Rufisque ...
The West Africans were members of the unit called “Tirailleurs Sénégalais,” a corps of colonial infantry in the French Army that fought in both World Wars. According to historians ...