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Added on the 09/02/2021 22:29:51 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Senegalese soldiers take over a rebel army base -- one of several officials say it captured in the southern Casamance region. One of Africa's oldest ongoing conflicts, the fighting in Casamance has claimed thousands of lives since it first broke out in December 1982. IMAGES
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron at the presidential palace on his first visit outside Africa. Faye, who was inaugurated on April 2, is taking part in the Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation in Paris. IMAGES
France's Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu welcomes US Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin at the Hôtel de Brienne in Paris. IMAGES
The first of nine Senegalese army veterans, aged 85 to 96 who fought for France, arrive in Dakar after the French state dropped a condition stipulating that they must live in France for half the year or lose their French army pension. Following the decision in January, the veterans can now return home for good and continue receiving their monthly allowance of 950 euros ($1,000). IMAGES
In the streets of Dakar, Senegal's capital, the police patrol the streets, following calls to protest by the country's opposition ahead of parliamentary elections. Rubble burns in the street as heavily clad police officers patrol and crowds can be seen tentatively gathering. IMAGES
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