Commemoration prompts renewed calls for investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.
On Dec. 1, 1944, hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French ...
At the end of last month the authorities in the Senegalese capital of Dakar and in N’Djamena in Chad both announced that they ...
Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, has expressed concern over the presence of the French military in his ...
Between 35 and 400 West African soldiers who fought for the French Army in the Battle of France in 1940 were killed on Dec. 1 ...
On December 1, Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. On that day in 1944, at least 35 Tirailleurs – ...
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday said that France should close all its army bases in the country, ...
Senegal commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre on Sunday, honouring the African riflemen killed by French ...
Bassirou Diomaye Faye's statement comes ahead of Thiaroye massacre anniversary when French troops killed hundreds of African ...
As Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the massacre, calls for accountability from France grow louder amid unresolved ...
On Dec. 1, 1944, hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French ...
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 ...