Highly influential Sonko played a pivotal role in propelling President Faye to victory in March, and has headed the government since it took office in April.

Biram Senghor regularly pays his respects at a military cemetery in Thiaroye, a fishing village near Senegal's capital Dakar, ...

Senegal, December 2 (RHC)-- Senegal has commemorated the 80th anniversary of a colonial-era massacre of African soldiers who ...

Those who died were part of the Tirailleurs Senegalais unit, recruited at the start of World War Two to help defend France, ...

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President Mahamat Idriss Deby says decision to end military cooperation with Paris is ‘a sovereign act carefully thought out’ ...

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

Raila Odinga’s quest to be the next African Union Commission chairperson is getting clearer by the day with 25 member ...

The Thiaroye massacre remains a contentious historical episode as Senegal marks its 80th anniversary. In 1944, West African soldiers, part of the French colonial army, were killed by French troops ...

As Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the massacre, calls for accountability from France grow louder amid unresolved ...

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

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