As France prepares to hand over its military base in Port-Bouët to the Ivorian army by the end of January, local shopkeepers are worried about how the departure of French soldiers will hurt their ...

Camouflage and permanent mobility are a crucial part of infantry training as the French army prepares for an increasingly transparent battlefield. The army is also training drone operators at the ...

The French and Spanish both used Black infantry ... and 25th Infantry Buffalo Soldiers of Louisi­ana. The Buffalo Soldier Infantry in the United States survived until around World War Two.

Ivory Coast has announced that French troops will withdraw from the West African nation, further reducing the military ...

These soldiers were part of an infantry regiment known as Les Tirailleurs Senegalais, made up of troops recruited from across French-speaking Africa. Some 350,000 soldiers from French colonies ...

Florent Malouda, former Chelsea star and Champions League winner, trains as infantry soldier in French Guiana.

Former Chelsea winger Florent Malouda, who won the Champions League with the Blues in 2012, has joined the army in his native ...