Chad, a former African colony of France, has for decades been central to its military operations in Africa, but it is ...

Senegal commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre on Sunday, honouring the African riflemen killed by French ...

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

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

Senegal on Sunday commemorated the 80th anniversary of a massacre of African soldiers who fought for France during World War Two, and were gunned down by French troops in 1944 for demanding fair ...

Senegal on Sunday (December 1) commemorated the 80th anniversary of a massacre of African soldiers who fought for France ...

Between 35 and 400 West African soldiers who fought for the French Army in the second World War were killed on Dec. 1, 1944 ...

The Thiaroye massacre's 80th anniversary rekindles tensions between Senegal and France. Despite historians estimating hundreds of deaths, France only recently acknowledged it as a massacre. Senegalese ...

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

Biram Senghor regularly goes to pay his respects at a military cemetery in Thiaroye, a fishing village near Senegal’s capital ...

On Thursday night, France’s foreign minister left Chad confident about its ongoing military relationship with its last ...

Chad’s government says it is ending a defense cooperation agreement with France, its former colonial ruler, to redefine the ...