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 ...
Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. On that day in 1944, at least 35 Tirailleurs – members of a ...
Commemoration prompts renewed calls for investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.
Bassirou Diomaye Faye, the president of Senegal, at the presidential palace ... according to some historians – were killed by the French army, in this camp on the outskirts of Dakar, for ...
France honours WWII colonial troops shot dead by French army in Senegal This year's commemorations have been prepared carefully, as the truth on the real scale of the massacre finally emerges. Senegal ...
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 ...
On Dec. 1, 1944, hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French ...
Hundreds of West African soldiers who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French army on Dec. 1, 1944, after demanding unpaid wages. THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal (AP ...