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Senegal, French Army and West Africa

The Associated Press on MSN · 3d

For the first time, France’s Macron calls 1944 killings of West African troops by French a massacre

France's President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 as a massacre.

U.S. News & World Report · 19h

Senegal Seeks Answers 80 Years After French Massacre of African Soldiers

Senegal on Sunday commemorated the 80th anniversary of a massacre of African soldiers who fought for France during World War Two, and were gunned down by French troops in 1944 for demanding fair treatment and payment on their return.

Senegal demands answers as it commemorates French colonial massacre

On Dec. 1, 1944, likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were killed by the French army after demanding their unpaid wages

Associated Press · 1d

Senegal demands answers as the West African country commemorates a French colonial massacre

On Dec. 1, 1944, likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were killed by the French army after demanding their unpaid wages.

San Francisco Examiner · 3h

Senegal marks 80th anniversary of troop killings after France acknowleges colonial 'massacre'

Senegal on Sunday commemorated 80 years since the killing of dozens of African troops by French forces that the former colonial master acknowledged this week had been a "massacre".

Biden, China and Africa

The Associated Press on MSN · 4h

Before exiting, Biden heads to Africa to highlight his own counter to China. Will Trump take it up?

President Joe Biden will make his long-awaited visit to Africa this week to showcase a U.S.-backed railway project that goes across three countries

Biden’s long-awaited Africa trip to tout a win against China

His trip delivers on one of a big set of pledges to Africa. Others remain unrealized, such as backing two permanent seats for Africa at the U.N. Security Council.

CNN on MSN · 22h

Biden fulfilling promise to visit Africa as US looks to counter China’s deepening influence in region

President Joe Biden will fulfill a two-year promise to visit Africa as he departs Sunday night for Angola, a trip aimed at highlighting US investment in the continent under his watch in the face of China’s deepening inroads in the region.

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Africa’s future depends on principled classical liberalism—nothing less

Africans deserve the freedom to choose. Anything less just means socialism, with its inevitable consequences of coercion and ...

Shelf Drilling secures West Africa contract for jack-up

Oslo-listed Shelf Drilling has secured a contract for one of its jack-up rigs to operate offshore Nigeria, the company said ...

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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 ...

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Chocolate prices rise as climate change threatens cocoa harvest in West Africa

Chocolate prices are on the rise this holiday season, in part because climate change is threatening the cocoa harvest in West ...

GSE named best Stock Exchange in West Africa

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has been named the best stock exhange in West Africa for consistently demonstrating a ...

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Clothing castoffs from the West are piling up and polluting Africa's environment

Secondhand clothes from the West increasingly end up in the waterways and garbage dumps of many African countries, ...

Yen on MSN2d

University of Ghana ranked first in Ghana and West Africa and fifth in Sub-Saharan Africa

The University of Ghana (UG) has been ranked number one in Ghana and West Africa and fifth in Sub-Saharan Africa by the 2024 ...

Pandora West Africa Marks 10th Anniversary

For its 10th anniversary, Pandora West Africa has rolled out the drums across its eight well-appointed shops in Nigeria and ...

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