Ndiaye, the only candidate and a leading figure of the ruling PASTEF party, got 139 votes in the 165-member National Assembly ...
On 1 December 1944, more than 400 ‘tirailleurs’ (Senegalese riflemen) were killed by French colonial troops. Although ...
The mass slaying of West African soldiers by colonial forces at the end of World War II in Senegal remains shrouded in ...
Senegal commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre on Sunday, honouring the African riflemen killed by French ...
Those who died were part of the Tirailleurs Senegalais unit, recruited at the start of World War Two to help defend France, ...
Senegal’s ruling party has secured a resounding victory in the country’s legislative elections, winning 130 of 165 seats, ...
Senegal on Sunday commemorated 80 years since the killing of dozens of African troops by French forces that the former ...
For half a century, the son of a Senegalese soldier massacred by the French army he had fought for during WWII has sought ...
Senegal has commemorated the 80th anniversary of a colonial-era massacre of African soldiers who fought for France during World War II and were shot by French soldiers in 1944 for demanding fair ...
Voters handed Senegal's president an overwhelming legislative majority in snap elections. Now, he has to deliver for them.