On Dec. 1, 1944, hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French ...

Senegal commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre on Sunday, honouring the African riflemen killed by French ...

Commemoration prompts renewed calls for investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.

Senegal on Sunday commemorated 80 years since the killing of dozens of African troops by French forces that the former ...

The Thiaroye massacre's 80th anniversary rekindles tensions between Senegal and France. Despite historians estimating hundreds of deaths, France only recently acknowledged it as a massacre. Senegalese ...

On Dec. 1, 1944, likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were killed by the French ...

Traders are using ship-to-ship loadings near the Senegalese port of Dakar to handle Russian naphtha exports to Brazil.

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye says Senegal 'does not accept the presence of military bases in a sovereign country'.

Chad’s government is ending a defense cooperation agreement with France, its former colonial ruler, to redefine the nation’s ...

November 2024 - A new initiative, launched as a pilot during the recent Dakar en Jeux festival, is aiming to inspire ...

Senegal’s President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has called for the closure of French military bases in the country, asserting ...