During a recent trip to Africa, French President Emmanuel Macron pushed for a UN reform proposal that has no chance of success—and would hurt French interests even if it did.

Due to colonialism, French influence on the continent has been strongest in central and West African Francophone countries, which include those in the arid Sahel region separating the Sahara from the ...

“You have only to ask for independence,” said Charles de Gaulle two years ago as he sought to abate the fever of African nationalism by organizing France’s African empire into a Community of ...

A lesser-known amphibious landing along France's Mediterranean played a big role in liberating the country from the Nazis. Those troops were under French command, but hailed mostly from Africa. This ...

When French President Emmanuel Macron took to the stage at the Africa Forward summit yesterday, the audience may not have expected a scolding. “Hey! Hey! Hey! I’m sorry guys, but it’s impossible to … ...

In a South Africa riddled with recurrent floods, anachronistic racism and revelations of corruption, the shenanigans of the French state in Africa did not seem likely to mobilise protesters, unlike ...

As part of a series, TRT World explores fascinating stories of African figures whose contribution to humanity has been ...

“This is a total lack of respect,” he told a group of young people from the stage ...

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and President of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kabore at the Elysee Palace, in Paris in November. Antoine Gyori/Corbis via Getty Images French President ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Ivorian special forces soldiers conduct an urban reconnaissance exercise under the supervision of French special forces ...

Aline Compaore sings along with the French choir, Chorale Sainte Marie Reine, at the end of Mass at the Church of Notre Dame in New York, on Sunday, March 6. Today, it is largely African Catholics who ...