The mass slaying of West African soldiers by colonial forces at the end of World War II in Senegal remains shrouded in ...

This year has been an "annus horribilis" for those governments in sub-Saharan Africa that have had to face voters at the ...

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 ...

On Dec. 1, 1944, likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were killed by the French ...

Like Equatorial Guinea’s Baltasar Ebang Engonga, many of Africa’s leading political figures have been caught up in sex ...

On Dec. 1, 1944, hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French ...

It has been rare not to come across crimes and murders left as a legacy by the notorious French colonialism. Whether in ...

which have long been a stain on relations between Senegal and France. Around 1,600 soldiers from West Africa who had been captured by Germany while fighting for France were sent back to Dakar in ...

Does China have a military presence in Senegal? No. Does that mean our relations are cut? No,” he said. Several other francophone countries in west and central Africa, including Mali ...

Senegal on Sunday commemorated 80 years since the killing of dozens of African troops by French forces that the former ...