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Macron's apology key step towards reconciliation between France and Senegal as Senegal honours victims of 1944 massacre
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Macron's apology key step towards reconciliation between France and Senegal as Senegal honours victims of 1944 massacre

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French troops have been ousted in recent years from Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso after years of fighting Islamic extremists alongside regional troops. Earlier this week, Chad, one of the last countries in the region in which France had maintained a large military presence, ended a military cooperation agreement with Paris Biram Senghor regularly goes to pay his respects at …

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

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THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal — Biram Senghor regularly goes to pay his respects at a military cemetery in Thiaroye, a fishing village near Senegal’s capital Dakar, bowing in front of a different grave each time. The 86-year-old has no way of knowing which grave belongs to his father, M’Bap Senghor, one of likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France …

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