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

A little over 200 soldiers and their families reside at ... but that the starting conditions should be good". Senegal and France have historically maintained strong political and economic ...

France has handed control of two military facilities to Senegal, beginning the formal process of withdrawing its military presence from the West African country amid its waning influence in the ...

France on Friday, March 7, began handing over military bases in Senegal, as part of a withdrawal ... troops from Ivory Coast on February 20. Soldiers involved in anti-jihadist operations have ...

These soldiers were not only Senegalese ... is still awaited," according to Le Monde. The Senegalese government has reproached France for hiding the truth about the Thiaroye massacre by ...

The massacre at Thiaroye took place on 1 December, 1944, when French colonial troops opened fire on West African soldiers who had just returned from Europe, where they had been fighting for France.

France set up a joint commission with Senegal last month to organize the withdrawal, and the French army recently announced it had dismissed 162 Senegalese who worked on military bases in Dakar.

A little over 200 soldiers and their families reside at ... but that the starting conditions should be good". Senegal and France have historically maintained strong political and economic ...

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 ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — France handed control of two military facilities to Senegal on Friday, beginning the formal process of withdrawing its military presence from the West African country amid its ...

FILE - Members of a French military flight crew talk on the tarmac at France's military air base in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File) 34,850 people played ...