On Dec. 1, 1944, hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French ...
Commemoration prompts renewed calls for investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.
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 ...
Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. On that day in 1944, at least 35 Tirailleurs – members of a ...
Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, has expressed concern over the presence of the French military in his ...
On December 1, Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. On that day in 1944, at least 35 Tirailleurs – ...
Historians estimate hundreds of West African soldiers who fought for France were killed in 1944 by the French army after they ...
THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal (AP) — Biram Senghor regularly ... World War II but were likely killed on Dec. 1, 1944, by the French army after demanding unpaid wages. In this cemetery, where they ...