On Dec. 1, 1944, hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French ...
Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, has expressed concern over the presence of the French military in his ...
Commemoration prompts renewed calls for an investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.
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's President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 as a massacre DAKAR, Senegal -- French President Emmanuel ...
France's President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army ...
DAKAR, Senegal — French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 as a massacre in a letter addressed to ...
central Senegal. An only child, he was "not yet weaned" when the war broke out in 1939 and his father was drafted into the French army in September 1940. "I want my father to be compensated.
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 ...