On Dec. 1, 1944, hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French ...
Commemoration prompts renewed calls for investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.
“(French President Emmanuel ... you will have a hard time conceiving that another army — of China, Russia, Senegal, or any other country — could have a military base in France.” ...
THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal (AP) — Biram Senghor regularly ... during World War II but were killed on Dec. 1, 1944 by the French army after demanding unpaid wages. In this cemetery where they ...