Recruited from West Africa, the Senegalese Tirailleurs fought bravely for France in World War II - yet their sacrifices remain largely forgotten. Hong Kong actor Nicholas Tse sells premium ...

adolescent and youth haves shaped the question of who is and is not a 'child' and who is ready to be a 'soldier' throughout history, not least in Africa. In pre-colonial Sudan and Abyssinia, militancy ...

He showed visitors how a colonial soldier might use a piece of cloth dipped in a tin of brick dust, then used to polish a bayonet attached to the end of a gun to make it glint in the sun.

In response, colonial soldiers fired on them, killing an undetermined number. French authorities at the time tried to bury the evidence and claimed 35 people were killed. However, scholars ...

FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Va. — Fort Gregg-Adams Soldiers partnered with Kiwanis Club of Colonial Heights through Heroes and Helpers allowing kids to shop for Christmas presents Dec. 14. Saturday ...

The remains of four Confederate soldiers, uncovered last year during archaeological excavations near the Powder Magazine in Colonial Williamsburg, will be reburied in the city’s Cedar Grove ...

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 ...

This year saw special soldier-shaped silhouettes added to Bedworth Armistice Day Parade and Service. But thieves are believed to have struck - taking two of them. One of them has been returned but ...

France has made a key gesture of remembrance for the dozens of African troops shot dead on French army orders in Senegal during World War II, a government official said Sunday, as Paris seeks to ...

Three giant silhouettes of soldiers have been placed on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, to remind the public that the area is used for live military training. The British Army has to stop training ...