Those who died were part of the Tirailleurs Senegalais unit, recruited at the start of World War Two to help defend France, the colonial power. On returning to Senegal in 1944 many protested about ...

"We are in a new stage with the death of George Floyd ... French colonisation?" he asks. "France's former colonies know their history, but I don't think our people, our youth, know it." ...

(AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File) DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Chad's government is ending a defense cooperation agreement with France, its former colonial ruler, to redefine the nation's sovereignty.

The mass slaying of West African soldiers by colonial forces at the end of World War II in Senegal remains shrouded in secrecy. But Senegal’s new government won’t abide the mystery. By Elian ...

and France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot joined Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye who has used the anniversary to call for a new relationship with France. All laid wreaths at the ...