He also called on hundreds of French troops still in Senegal to leave. In another blow to France’s already-waning military influence in Africa, the government of Chad ended a longstanding ...
On Dec. 1, 1944, likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were killed by the French ...
On 1 December 1944, more than 400 ‘tirailleurs’ (Senegalese riflemen) were killed by French colonial troops. Although ...
African soldiers who fought for France during World War Two were gunned down by French troops for demanding fair treatment ...
It has been rare not to come across crimes and murders left as a legacy by the notorious French colonialism. Whether in ...