Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Tuesday sacked a government minister who recently described African soldiers who fought for colonial ruler France as “traitors”.
Cheikh Oumar Diagne, minister in charge of administration and equipment at the presidency, made the remark in an interview with local FaFa TV this month, prompting an outcry.
“The riflemen are traitors. They fought against their brothers,” he said.
The “Senegalese tirailleurs” were a corps of African infantrymen, who fought for France during the two world wars and various decolonisation struggles.
Diagne was dismissed by presidential decree, a source at the presidency told AFP.
He has been replaced by Papa Thione Dieng, according to the decree dated Tuesday and published in the press.
The reasons for his dismissal were not given.
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