President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday faced an angry backlash from France's remaining allies in West Africa and accusations at home of showing a neo-colonialist attitude after lamenting that African ...

Following a fierce tank battle, a WW II tanker managed to bamboozle both Italian and German troops into surrendering to a ...

African American troops line up, National Archives The military's view toward African Americans during World War II reflected that of the wider American culture. According to a report commissioned ...

In 2005 Senegal's ex-President Abdoulaye Wade (C) - flanked by war veterans - paid his respects to Senegalese WW2 soldiers in France Among the many African soldiers who fought in WW2 are ...

French soldiers were deployed for a decade to fight an Islamist insurgency in its former colonial territory of the Sahel ...

South African World War Two hero Job Maseko was denied the highest military award because he was black, campaigners believe, and his family have backed a push to get him the posthumous honour.

They made a good first impression, but I have no faith in the inherent fighting ability of the race. This was what General ...

Six of the African soldiers -- four from Senegal ... colonies played key roles in modern wars including World War I, World War II and the wars of independence of French colonies.

The May 1, 1863 New York Tribune summed up many Northerners' feelings about African American soldiers when it declared, "Loyal Whites have generally become willing that they should fight ...

The soldiers had fought alongside the French during World War II, but were killed by their ... the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 as a ...