A new investigation found the 1944 Thiaroye attack on ‘unarmed’ African soldiers was ‘premeditated’, and far deadlier than ...

Senegalese press magnate and outspoken government critic Madiambal Diagne was arrested in France on Tuesday on an ...

Far-right MP Marine Le Pen is in Senegal for three days – her first trip abroad since failing to clinch the French presidency in April last year. The visit is an opportunity to hone her international ...

The pull-out, which ends the French army's 65 years in Senegal, mirrors similar withdrawals across the continent, where ex-colonies are increasingly turning their backs on their former ruler. The move ...

A committee's report on the Thiaroye massacre was submitted to Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. It calls on France ...

Senegal has released a report into the 1944 Thiaroye Massacre, one of the worst atrocities of French colonial history, where African troops were killed for protesting against alleged racism and pay ...

France on Friday began handing over military bases in Senegal, as part of a withdrawal of troops from the west African nation where it has had a presence since 1960. The French embassy in Dakar ...

The meeting between Senegal’s President Macky Sall and France’s Marine Le Pen, a member of the far-right political party National Rally, on 18 January provoked strong reactions, even within the head ...

Senegal unveiled Thursday a long-awaited report on the 1944 Thiaroye massacre, when French colonial troops killed African ...

Marine Le Pen did not demonstrate against the pension reform in France on Thursday, January 19. On Monday she flew more than 4,000 km, leaving behind the benches of the Assemblée Nationale and the ...

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