Tirailleurs highlights France's forgotten Senegalese troops - in pictures
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Diogo Dieye, 103, a former Senegalese tirailleur who fought for the French during the Second World War in Lebanon and in Libreville, poses for a portrait on his bed in Thies. All photos: AFP
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