The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops ...

Myanmar remains gripped by a civil war and after four years of fighting the military regime finds itself increasingly encircled. But the impact of the earthquake could prove decisive for the ...

Two years into Sudan’s civil war, civilians in Darfur are under siege as peace talks stall and violence escalates. Two years into Sudan’s civil war, civilians in Darfur are under siege as ...

With its focus on the epic love story and the horrors of the Civil War, Cold Mountain glosses over the involvement of slavery in the war itself. Despite its accurate focus on the horrors of the ...

A Union soldier from the Civil War was laid to rest once more in what his family says is his rightful home among fellow veterans. Nicholas Waters, who served in the United States Colored Troops ...

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, along with 72 others, has been sued for conspiring to overthrow the interim government through a civil war. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID ...

We need them speaking out on civil liberties, on the rights of immigrants and on the rights of universities." While Democrats are increasingly energized to resist Trump, a slew of national polls ...

Near front lines where they once battled each other, former fighters in Lebanon's civil war now gather to bear the same message, half a century after the devastating conflict erupted: never again.

Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) – Near front lines where they once battled each other, former fighters in Lebanon's civil war now gather to bear the same message, half a century after the devastating ...

In dramatic scenes that appear to mark a turning point in nearly two years of civil war, Sudan’s military ... weapons since the start of the war. Map of Sudan highlighting Khartoum.

Christopher Tounsel has previously received funding from the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. A series of advances by the Sudanese military has led some observers to posit that the ...