The mass slaying of West African soldiers by colonial forces at the end of World War II in Senegal remains shrouded in ...
On Dec. 1, 1944, likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were killed by the French ...
On December 1, Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. On that day in 1944, at least 35 Tirailleurs – ...
Senegal commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. At the ceremony held at the military cemetery in Thiaroye ...
Senegal commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre on Sunday, honouring the African riflemen killed by French ...
Commemoration prompts renewed calls for investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.
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 ...
Senegal marked the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre, urging France to apologize and investigate the 1944 killing of ...
Senegalese authorities have directed the closure of all French military bases in the country as the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre approaches. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye ...
According to historians, there were disputes over unpaid wages in the days before the massacre but on Dec. 1 ... truth about this painful event of Thiaroye” can finally come out.
Faye, who has been in office since April, said he would on Sunday commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre, when hundreds of African riflemen were killed by French forces in 1944 ...