Ivory Coast is the sixth in a growing list of African nations cutting military ties with former colonial power France.

Zimbabwean art historian Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti travelled by road to five southern African countries – Botswana, the ...

Men brought over from the French colonies in North Africa and West Africa to fight and to die for France, the nation that had taken over their own countries by military force in the 19th century.

But why was it so important to Germany and why were the British and French so keen to destroy ... powered enough to link all of Germany’s African colonies with Berlin. This enabled it to send ...

For France and its former African colonies ... The war had significant implications for colonial subjects; many Africans served in the French army but returned home with heightened expectations ...

America’s history stretches back thousands of years to the vibrant cultures of its Indigenous peoples, followed by European ...

Where does France have troops in West Africa, and why? Since the independence of French colonies in Africa, France has maintained a policy of economic, political and military sway dubbed ...

Earlier this month, soldiers swooped by helicopter into a vast mining complex in western Mali and made away with three tonnes of gold -- all done on the orders of the military government .

Unlike festivities centered around méringues, as Carnival tunes are called in the French-speaking ... slaves merged African traditions and folklore with colonial rituals to create their own ...

Oxfam International’s report highlights how colonial wealth extraction, particularly from India, has laid the foundation for modern economic inequalities, including the dominance of unearned ...

Ivory Coast’s expulsion of French troops follows similar moves across the region, leaving a power vacuum that must be handled ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region against rising ...