Dakar has asked the former colonial power’s troops to leave as their presence is “incompatible” with the country’s sovereignty Read Full Arti

French photographer Yves Monteil was driving in Senegal when he passed a military cemetery in Thiaroye, in the suburbs of Dakar. Friends told him it was the burial site of Senegalese soldiers massacred by the French army during the Second World War,

France said earlier this year it was working with Senegal to organize the withdrawal of French troops. The embassy said facilities in certain districts of the capital had been transferred to Senegalese control.