“In the course of an investigation over the past few months in French West Africa,” said La Graviére, “I have obtained proof that several hundred Negroes have been sent as slaves by African ...

S. His father, Sheik Mamadou. is the “ruling notable” of nearly 2,000,000 Senegalese of French West Africa, although the French Governor General’s word in that section of the world is ...

For decades Senegal, a former French colony in West Africa, has been touted as the bastion of the French language in the region. Leopold Sedar Senghor, the country’s first president and a poet ...

France has restructured its military presence in recent months, closing most of its historic bases in West Africa. However, ...

Yet the American public knows little factually either about Dakar itself or about French West Africa, the area of which it is the capital. French West Africa is a region of vast extent and magnificent ...

Outtara's announcement follows that of other leaders across West Africa, where France’s militaries are being asked to leave. Analysts have described the requests for French troops to leave ...

to lead the most important French neocolony in West Africa,” added Ekissi. Taking advantage of the discontent that had been ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

The announcements end more than six decades of significant French military presence in West Africa and the Sahel region. Five years ago, France had 10,000 troops on the continent fighting ...

Reports by the French military shortly after the massacre determined that 35 West African soldiers were killed in response to a “mutiny.” Other reports by the French army mention 70 deaths.