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As Chad and Senegal end military ties with Paris, is France finished in the Sahel?
Former colonial ties unravel as Chad and Senegal demand France withdraw military presence, signalling a broader shift in ...
France admits colonial 'massacre', says Senegal's leader
Those who died were part of the Tirailleurs Senegalais unit, recruited at the start of World War Two to help defend France, ...
Chad’s break with France: why it happened and what it means for power dynamics in the Sahel region
The dissolution of the Chad-France defence pact raises questions about Chad’s next potential partners. It could also reshape ...
80 Years After Killings, Senegal Wants the Facts From France
The mass slaying of West African soldiers by colonial forces at the end of World War II in Senegal remains shrouded in ...
France 24 on MSN13d
Senegal’s leader says France should close all army bases in country
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday said that France should close all its army bases in the country, ...
El País in English7h
From 10,000 to 2,000 soldiers in five years: France’s decline in Africa accelerates
A wave of sovereignty and the emergence of new actors such as Russia, China, and Turkey have pushed Paris out from its main ...
Business Insider Africa on MSN13d
Senegal welcomes France’s friendship as long as it comes without its military
Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, has expressed concern over the presence of the French military in his ...
The Associated Press on MSN13d
For the first time, France’s Macron calls 1944 killings of West African troops by French a massacre
France's President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army ...
AFP on MSN11d
Senegal marks 80th anniversary of troop killings after France acknowleges colonial 'massacre'
Senegal on Sunday commemorated 80 years since the killing of dozens of African troops by French forces that the former ...
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Senegal demands answers as it remembers French colonial massacre
Senegal recently marked the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre, a dark and often overlooked episode in the nation’s colonial history ...
WTOP News11d
Senegal demands answers as the West African country commemorates a French colonial massacre
The true scale and circumstances of the killings remain unclear as Senegal commemorates the 80th anniversary of the massacre on Sunday, threatening to reignite smoldering tensions between France ...
The Salem News10d
Senegal demands answers as the West African country commemorates a French colonial massacre
THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal — Biram Senghor regularly pays ... one of the hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II but were likely killed on Dec. 1, 1944 ...