Francophone Africa and French military bases have been two critical foreign policy challenges for Nigeria since 1960. The administration of Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa had to formulate ...

Sixteen months ago, Charles de Gaulle swept grandly through France’s black Africa empire—the biggest ... tricolor as well as Mali’s red, yellow, and green flag. It is normal for “young ...

Russia will gradually lose its influence in Syria, but the most important development has already occurred. The Kremlin has ...

Russia will gradually lose its influence in Syria, but the most significant development has already occurred. The Kremlin has ...

There were many great African civilisations, of which the great Mali empire was but one. This huge empire dominated most of the region of west Africa between the 13th and 17th centuries. At its height ...

All San Bernardino County government buildings will soon fly a new county flag for the first time in 40 years. San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors adopted the flag on Tuesday, Dec. 3, the ...

Early on in his new book, “Custodians of Wonder,” BBC Travel writer Eliot Stein tallies some recent effects of globalization, a process that seems to only speed up. Nine languages, he notes ...

Mali’s armed forces, supported by the Russia-backed Wagner Group, and Islamist armed groups have committed serious abuses against civilians since the UN peacekeeping mission withdrew a year ago ...

President-elect Donald Trump has expressed frustration that flags will be flying at half-staff when he takes office later this month. It's an action put in place by President Joe Biden to honor ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Mali's armed forces, supported by Russian mercenaries, committed abuses against civilians since the withdrawal of a U.N. peacekeeping mission late last year, Human Rights Watch ...

Flags across the country will be lowered to half-staff until late next month to honor former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away at the age of 100. According to U.S. flag code, flags must be ...

WASHINGTON ― President-elect Donald Trump lashed out Friday over plans for the U.S. flag to be flown at half-staff during his upcoming inauguration to honor the late President Jimmy Carter ...