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 ...
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 ...
For half a century, the son of a Senegalese soldier massacred by the French army he had fought for during WWII has sought ...
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 ...