In his Senegalese village, former infantryman Oumar Diémé, a “survivor” of the French wars of decolonisation, sees his selection as an Olympic torchbearer – at the age of 90 – as a miracle. Wearing an ...

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Badiana (Senegal) (AFP) – At over 90 years old, former Senegalese rifleman Oumar Dieme considers it something of a miracle that he will be carrying the Olympic torch as part of the opening of this ...

Dieme has remembered his days in the "Senegalese tirailleurs", which is a contingent of African foot soldiers who served France in both world wars and numerous decolonisation conflicts. He elaborated ...

Neither star nor high-level athlete, Dieme's claim to fame is being a Senegalese tirailleur – a corps of infantrymen from former French colonies who fought for France, notably during the two world ...