France and Senegal are setting terms for a withdrawal of all French soldiers stationed in the West African country by the end of this year. The two countries said in a statement on Wednesday that ...

France has a large military presence in its former colonies in West Africa A French soldier has been jailed for a year by a court in Paris for molesting girls aged three and five in a hotel ...

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED STUDENT #1: (Reading in French). BEARDSLEY: One by one, the kids read out the testimony of one of the many African soldiers who fought and often died ...