In late November, both Senegal and Chad – independently of one another – moved to profoundly alter their longstanding ...
This year has been an "annus horribilis" for those governments in sub-Saharan Africa that have had to face voters at the ...
The minister explained that this fund, initially set at 1. 9 billion CFA francs, equivalent to D220. 4 million was increased ...
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday said that France should close all its army bases in the country, ...
African soldiers who fought for France during World War Two were gunned down by French troops for demanding fair treatment ...
On 1 December 1944, more than 400 ‘tirailleurs’ (Senegalese riflemen) were killed by French colonial troops. Although ...
Like Equatorial Guinea’s Baltasar Ebang Engonga, many of Africa’s leading political figures have been caught up in sex ...
The mass slaying of West African soldiers by colonial forces at the end of World War II in Senegal remains shrouded in ...
Senegal's ruling party, PASTEF, secured a resounding victory in the country's legislative elections, winning 130 of 165 seats, according to provisional results announced Thursday by the national vote ...
In an interview with Le Monde, the Senegalese president, an advocate of sovereigntist policy, discusses the 1944 Thiaroye massacre and the relationship he intends to forge with France, whose influence ...
On Dec. 1, 1944, likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were killed by the French ...
Paulin Basinga's strategic vision for the Gates Foundation in Africa is to make a sustainable impact through local engagement ...