Elegantly clad in an immaculate white gown and matching cap, Yoro Diao, 95, is wreathed in smiles after officiating at the baptism of his brand-new great-grandson. One of a dwindling band of Senegalese soldiers who fought in France's colonial-era wars, Diao is delighted to be back home and among his extended family after years spent in bureaucratic limbo in France.

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