In late November, both Senegal and Chad – independently of one another – moved to profoundly alter their longstanding ...
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday said that France should close all its army bases in the country, ...
African soldiers who fought for France during World War Two were gunned down by French troops for demanding fair treatment ...
This year has been an "annus horribilis" for those governments in sub-Saharan Africa that have had to face voters at the ...
The mass slaying of West African soldiers by colonial forces at the end of World War II in Senegal remains shrouded in ...
On Dec. 1, 1944, likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were killed by the French ...
Paulin Basinga shares his vision for expanding the non-profit’s footprint and driving sustainable development across the ...
On 1 December 1944, more than 400 ‘tirailleurs’ (Senegalese riflemen) were killed by French colonial troops. Although ...
In an interview with Le Monde, the Senegalese president, an advocate of sovereigntist policy, discusses the 1944 Thiaroye massacre and the relationship he intends to forge with France, whose influence ...
(AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — ...