On Dec. 1, 1944, likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were killed by the French army after demanding their unpaid wages. THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal ...
Commemoration prompts renewed calls for investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.
Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. On that day in 1944, at least 35 Tirailleurs – members of a ...
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday said that France should close all its army bases in the country, ...
Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, has expressed concern over the presence of the French military in his ...
THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal (AP) — Biram Senghor regularly ... World War II but were likely killed on Dec. 1, 1944, by the French army after demanding unpaid wages. In this cemetery, where they ...
France honours WWII colonial troops shot dead by French army in Senegal This year's commemorations have been prepared carefully, as the truth on the real scale of the massacre finally emerges. Macron ...
On Dec. 1, 1944, hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French ...