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 ...
Commemoration prompts renewed calls for an investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.
Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, has expressed concern over the presence of the French military in his ...
France honours WWII colonial troops shot dead by French army in Senegal This year's commemorations have been prepared ...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for the first time recognized the killing of West African ...
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 ...
“(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 ...