Macron acknowledges 1944 ‘massacre’ of West African troops by French army
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday acknowledged that the 1944 killing of West African soldiers in a Senegalese ...
France on the back foot in Africa after Chadian snub
A French plan to significantly reduce its military presence in West and central Africa risks backfiring and further ...
Chad ends defence pact with France
Likely withdrawal of troops marks further retrenchment of French role in fighting Islamist insurgents in Sahel ...
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Senegal's President Faye seeks withdrawal of French troops
Bassirou Diomaye Faye's statement comes ahead of Thiaroye massacre anniversary when French troops killed hundreds of African ...
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Macron Acknowledges the 1944 Massacre of West African Soldiers in Historic Letter
French President Emmanuel Macron recognises the 1944 killings of West African soldiers as a massacre, marking a significant ...
Chad ends defence pact with France nixing its military presence
The decision represents growing anti-French sentiment in Chad and the Sahel region, where France has been effectively ...
Chad breaks off defense agreement with France, a slap in the face for Paris
There is no indication that Paris had been informed prior to the announcement, made as French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël ...
Bassirou Diomaye Faye: 'There will soon be no more French troops in Senegal'
In an interview with Le Monde, the Senegalese president, an advocate of sovereigntist policy, discusses the 1944 Thiaroye massacre and the relationship he intends to forge with France, whose influence ...
France admits colonial 'massacre', says Senegal's leader
France has for the first time acknowledged that its soldiers carried out a "massacre" in Senegal in which dozens – perhaps ...