The rebels captured much of Aleppo a day earlier in a surprise offensive. They now control a broad patch across the provinces ...

The Thiaroye massacre remains a contentious historical episode as Senegal marks its 80th anniversary. In 1944, West African soldiers, part of the French colonial army, were killed by French troops ...

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

Senegal commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. At the ceremony held at the military cemetery in Thiaroye ...

The mass slaying of West African soldiers by colonial forces at the end of World War II in Senegal remains shrouded in ...

Senegal on Sunday commemorated the 80th anniversary of a massacre of African soldiers who fought for France during World War Two, and were gunned down by French troops in 1944 for demanding fair ...

Senegal marked the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre, urging France to apologize and investigate the 1944 killing of ...

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

Biram Senghor regularly goes to pay his respects at a military cemetery in Thiaroye, a fishing village near Senegal’s capital ...

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

The Senegalese government has claimed victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections with most of the votes already counted. It said the ruling party, Pastef, had won with a "large majority". A victory ...