The French army has handed over its last base to the Chadian army, putting an end to its long-term presence in this Sahel ...

The CFA franc (Franc des Colonies Francais d’Afrique) was introduced in 1945, well before France’s decolonization in the late 1950s, as a way for France to control the economies of its African ...

The handover of the Kossei base, the French army's last such facility in the central African country, follows Chad's surprise ...

The North American Vexillological Association — it brands itself as the world’s largest club for flag enthusiasts — has settled on five basic rules for good flag design. They even distilled the rules ...

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Rwanda celebrates its Independence Day. On that day in 1962, the Belgian flag was lowered, and the flag of the newly independent Republic of Rwanda—a tricolor of red, yellow, and green with a bold R ...

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FILE - An American flag is presented to Nancy Leftenant-Colon during a memorial ... where more than 70 years ago the French colonial army was defeated by Vietnamese troops. She retired as a chief ...

Here, an American flag is presented to Leftenant-Colon during ... where more than 70 years ago the French colonial army was defeated by Vietnamese troops. She retired as a chief nurse in 1965 ...

Travel to Connecticut where Craig Melvin has filled his home with memories of his childhood and is making new ones with his ...