French photographer Yves Monteil was driving in Senegal when he passed a military cemetery in Thiaroye, in the suburbs of ...

DAKAR, Senegal (Reuters) -- Seven Senegalese soldiers were wounded in a clash with armed gunmen believed to be separatist rebels in the southern province of Casamance, one official source said on ...

France and Senegal are setting terms for a withdrawal of all French soldiers stationed in the West African country by the end of this year. The two countries said in a statement on Wednesday that ...

At a military level, there was a continued reliance on African soldiers by the French. Senegalese soldiers continued to be in the French army after World War II. This stands in contrast with the ...

[AFP] For half a century, the son of a Senegalese soldier massacred by the French army he had fought for during WWII has sought justice for his father and his comrades. Around 1,600 African ...

Faye said that France's President Emmanuel Macron had admitted that his country's troops were responsible for a "massacre" of Senegalese soldiers in 1944. Faye hailed the acknowledgement but said ...

France said earlier this year it was working with Senegal to organize the withdrawal of French troops. The embassy said ...

On Wednesday, the Senegalese government announced plans to undertake archaeological excavations to uncover "the truth" about the number of African soldiers killed in 1944 by French colonial forces ...

He told several French media last November that "There will soon be no more French soldiers in Senegal". Transform the nation This was echoed in the first major policy speech to parliament made by ...

Friends told him it was the burial site of Senegalese soldiers massacred by the French army during the Second World War, shot for demanding unpaid wages. The story stuck with Monteil, and in 2020 he ...