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 ...
Other reports by the French army mention 70 deaths. PHOTOS: Senegal demands answers as the West African country commemorates a French colonial massacre But today, many French and Senegalese ...
Commemoration prompts renewed calls for an investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.
Senegal has commemorated the 80th anniversary of a colonial-era massacre of African soldiers who fought for France during World War II and were shot by French soldiers in 1944 for demanding fair ...
Hundreds of West African soldiers who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French army on Dec. 1, 1944, after demanding unpaid wages. THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal (AP ...
On Dec. 1, 1944, hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French ...