When then-French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron described colonisation as a "crime against humanity" in Algeria in 2017, he probably thought he had exorcised the ghost of France’s presence in ...
(PATRICK MEINHARDT/AFP/AFP) Holes in the ground, clods of earth next to headstones, dislocated concrete outlines: the Thiaroye military cemetery near Dakar bears the marks of recent excavations meant ...
The 1944 massacre of African soldiers by French forces in Senegal was "premeditated", covered up, and far deadlier than claimed, with up to 400 killed, according to a new report submitted to Senegal's ...
France’s colonial legacy in West Africa has come under renewed scrutiny as demands for reparations and economic justice intensify across the region. At a high-profile roundtable held at the African ...
Holes in the ground, clods of earth next to headstones, dislocated concrete outlines: the Thiaroye military cemetery near Dakar bears the marks of recent excavations meant to unearth the truth behind ...