In late November, both Senegal and Chad – independently of one another – moved to profoundly alter their longstanding ...

On 1 December 1944, more than 400 ‘tirailleurs’ (Senegalese riflemen) were killed by French colonial troops. Although ...

New revelations expose decades of sexual abuse by a Piarist priest in Senegal, shocking communities. Victims’ testimonies ...

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

Ndiaye, the only candidate and a leading figure of the ruling PASTEF party, got 139 votes in the 165-member National Assembly ...

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 ...

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 ...

Senegal commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre on Sunday, honouring the African riflemen killed by French colonial forces on 1 December, 1944. For the first time, French ...

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 ...

EDITORIAL. Chad and Senegal's desire for France to end its military presence on their territory is a clear criticism of ...