Former colonial ties unravel as Chad and Senegal demand France withdraw military presence, signalling a broader shift in ...

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

African soldiers who fought for France during World War Two were gunned down by French troops for demanding fair treatment ...

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has said he is "making progress" in a mediation mission with junta-led Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, after the trio announced their departure from regional ...

Voters handed Senegal's president an overwhelming legislative majority in snap elections. Now, he has to deliver for them.

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

THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal — Biram Senghor regularly goes to pay his respects at a military cemetery in Thiaroye, a fishing ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Polls opened in Senegal on Sunday for a parliamentary election that is set to determine if the country’s newly elected president can carry out ambitious reforms.

Senegal will elect a new parliament Sunday, with the new leaders aiming for a clear majority to see through the promise of radical change that swept them to power eight months ago. Pledging ...

Senegal has commemorated the 80th anniversary ... which was obtained by The Associated Press news agency. “France must recognise that on that day, the confrontation between soldiers and riflemen ...

THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal — Biram Senghor regularly pays his respects at a military cemetery in Thiaroye, a fishing village near Senegal’s capital Dakar, bowing in front of a different grave ...