"France has not finished mourning its colonial past. That's one of the challenges of restitution", Senator Pierre Ouzoulias ...

France Withdraws from Senegal; Hands Over Last Two Bases in West Africa | Firstpost Africa | N18G France has officially ended ...

Senegal’s new government has taken a hard-line stance against the presence of French troops as part of a larger regional backlash against what many see as the legacy of an oppressive colonial empire.V ...

FRANCE HAS finally ended its 65-year army presence in Senegal. The European country officially handed back Camp Geille, its ...

A lawyer for the victims — more than 50 mostly undocumented migrant workers in France — said the court had made a "historic" ...

Senegal announces closure of all foreign military bases as it cuts ties to ex-colonial power France Senegal’s then-opposition leader Ousmane Sonko adresses supporters in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday ...

France still has 600 troops in Ivory Coast, 350 in Senegal and 350 in Gabon, as well as around 1,500 in Djibouti. It has had 1,000 troops in Chad.

France set up a joint commission with Senegal last month to organize the withdrawal, and the French army recently announced it had dismissed 162 Senegalese who worked on military bases in Dakar.

This is Senegal’s fourth democratic transfer of power since gaining independence from France more than six decades ago. The outgoing president was constitutionally barred from seeking a third term.

11/09/2023 By Monica Melo The Department of World Languages and Cultures presents the screening of Aujourd’hui (Tey) by Alain Gomis (France-Senegal, 2012) Today is the last day of Satché’s life.