Henning Melber argues that Germany must redouble its efforts to learn from its bloody colonial legacy in Africa; Stephen Williams reviews his book.

This month, the Russian mercenary outfit Wagner Group announced its total withdrawal from Mali, claiming it had completed its ...

French corporations have survived flag changes, military coups ... its troops are leaving West and Central Africa, while its businesses are facing nationalisation and arrests.

supporters of the military government praise their decision to forge the Alliance of Sahel States with other junta-led neighbours and drop out of the long-established West African regional ...

Officers from the French ... flag is lowered during a ceremony marking the departure of French soldiers from a military base in Abeche, Chad, on Saturday. JORIS BOLOMEY/AFP The recent moves by two ...

Initially, the impulse of non-French West African countries led by Nigeria was ... the civil populace have been manipulated into waving Russian flags in the streets while jubilating to welcome ...

Sir: The recent expulsions of French troops from West African countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Ivory Coast, mark a significant shift in the regional dynamics. This development presents ...

MUCH has been written in general terms about Dakar and the menace it might be to the United States if it should fall into German hands. Yet the American public knows little factually either about ...

Across the continent of Africa, we have been witnessing the burning of French flags and the overnight closure of military ... gradually expanding to control vast swathes of West and Central Africa. By ...

In 1944, French colonial forces massacred West African soldiers who had returned from France after ... Senegalese soldiers raise the country’s flag in the middle of the playground, surrounded by ...

Opposition to French imperialists in West Africa is not necessarily progressive ... In 1960, when countries of West Africa gained independence from France, this may have only been flag independence.