Former colonial ties unravel as Chad and Senegal demand France withdraw military presence, signalling a broader shift in ...

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

Those who died were part of the Tirailleurs Senegalais unit, recruited at the start of World War Two to help defend France, ...

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

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

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday said that France should close all its army bases in the country, ...

On 1 December 1944, more than 400 ‘tirailleurs’ (Senegalese riflemen) were killed by French colonial troops. Although ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army ...

A cascade of anti-French sentiment continues to sweep across the belt of the Sahel in Africa: joining Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, Chad and Senegal demanded in November that the French government ...

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

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

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye told AFP Thursday that France should close its military bases in the West African ...