Senegal commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre on Sunday, honouring the African riflemen killed by French ...

The mass slaying of West African soldiers by colonial forces at the end of World War II in Senegal remains shrouded in ...

Biram Senghor regularly pays his respects at a military cemetery in Thiaroye, a fishing village near Senegal's capital Dakar, ...

Senegal is seeking answers from its former colonial power as it pays tribute on Sunday to the West African riflemen who ...

On Dec. 1, 1944, likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were killed by the French ...

Senegal commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. At the ceremony held at the military cemetery in Thiaroye ...

Senegal on Sunday commemorated the 80th anniversary of a massacre of African soldiers who fought for France during World War Two, and were gunned down by French troops in 1944 for demanding fair ...

On December 1, Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. On that day in 1944, at least 35 Tirailleurs – ...

On Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday (November 28) ...

Senegal marked the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre, urging France to apologize and investigate the 1944 killing of ...

The Thiaroye massacre remains a contentious historical episode as Senegal marks its 80th anniversary. In 1944, West African soldiers, part of the French colonial army, were killed by French troops ...

Liberated in 1944, the soldiers were taken back to Senegal and housed in the Thiaroye military camp, 15km (nine miles) from the capital, Dakar. Even before leaving France, many had been ...