Dakar, Senegal – On a weekday at Dakar’s open-air Fass Market, traders call out in a rhythmic buzz as some buyers approach from a nearby major highway: Boulevard du General de Gaulle, a road ...

Long before there were air ambulance companies like CareFlight, and TV shows like 'China Beach' and 'M*A*S*H,' Valérie André ...

New project set to rename public spaces bearing names of colonial officers as Dakar distances itself from France.

Indeed, streets in the capital city and across Senegal were originally named by the French colonial government and honoured officials or royals of the French empire. Decades after independence ...

The French Quarter boasts world-renowned music venues, such as Preservation Hall, presenting New Orleans jazz in an intimate ...

The Senegalese government is seeking to redefine its long-standing relationship with its former colonial rulers, the French, ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request ...

While France embraced the formal regulation of historical memory regarding its colonial past nearly two decades ago with the ...

Eve Blouin, daughter of African independence activist Andrée Blouin, speaks to The World’s Host Marco Werman about a new edition of her mother's autobiography recounting her fight for African ...

Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon, and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat zones — during the French-Indochina war ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) — The newly remodeled Rochambeau Roadside Inn has officially opened its doors. Located at the ...

France is preparing to hand Côte d'Ivoire back its only military base in the country in a ceremony on 20 February, further ...