At the start of World War One, British and German colonial forces went into battle in East Africa. We hear very rare recordings of Kenyan veterans of the brutal four year war. Show more At the ...

A fortnight after Europe marked the 100th anniversary of the armistice that brought World War One to a close, Africa is holding its own ceremonies this weekend. Andrew Harding looks at the reason ...

World War 1 represents Smuts at the peak of his military abilities, but it is also the period when the seeds of his eventual demise and alienation were sown. ‘General Jan Smuts and his First ...

In this photo taken on Saturday, Nov, 10, 2018, a visitor looks at charcoal drawings by artist William Kentridge paying homage to Africans’ service in World War 1, at the Goodman Gallery in ...

We now call it the First World War or World War One, ... In Africa, the Allies (principally Britain, France, Belgium and South Africa) fought to take over the four main German colonies there ...

Also called The Great War, World War I was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, ... affecting colonies and ally countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia.

Kathleen Bomani, World War I in Africa, Special to CNN A hundred years ago on this day, on August 8th, 1914, the British HMS Asteria and Pegasus protected cruisers bombed Dar-es-Salaam, then the ...