The last surviving African soldiers who fought for colonial-era France will be able to live out their final days in their home countries following the French government's reversal on their pension rights. Our correspondents followed one of these veterans in his first week back in Senegal.
Colonel Dieng’s family organised a feast to celebrate his homecoming. The 88-year-old veteran is revelling in his return to Senegal, where he now lives with his family in the Dakar suburbs. Before Paris passed a new reform in January, he had to spent at least six months of the year in France to collect his pension.
