Commemoration prompts renewed calls for an investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.
On Dec. 1, 1944, hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French ...
France's President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army ...
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday said that France should close all its army bases in the country, ...
THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal — Biram Senghor regularly goes ... during World War II but were killed on Dec. 1, 1944 by the French army after demanding unpaid wages. In this cemetery where they ...
“(French President Emmanuel ... you will have a hard time conceiving that another army — of China, Russia, Senegal, or any other country — could have a military base in France.” ...
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 ...
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 ...