Browsing: Senegal

Sunday, 1 December, marked the 80th anniversary of the brutal massacre of African soldiers at the French colonial military camp of Thiaroye, Senegal. The soldiers were…

Many theories and debates surround who built the pyramids of Giza in Egypt. In some instances, some have argued that enslaved people built the pyramids. In…

It’s an intergenerational struggle that goes back at least one century: The fight for Africa’s total unification. Long understood to be the key to Africa’s freedom…

Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegal’s first president and a prominent poet, was born on 9th October, 1906. Under his leadership, the country cozied up to ex-coloniser France…

From happenings at the UN to the repatriation of fallen anti-apartheid fighters in Zimbabwe, here’s our weekly photo dump. 1. Port-Au-Prince, Haiti – Kenyan president William…

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, the president of Senegal, boldly defended Palestine at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. On 25 September,…

From the election of Africa’s youngest president in Senegal to the tragic Baltimore bridge collapse in the US, here’s our weekly photo dump. Lyon, France –…

From Palestinian flags held high in Abuja to drums beating a thousand times for a ceasefire in Gaza, here’s our weekly photo dump Abuja, Nigeria -…

One hundred and one years ago, the “father of African film”, Ousmane Sembène, was born in Ziguinchor, Senegal. Sembène’s career began modestly, working a number of…