At the end of last month the authorities in the Senegalese capital of Dakar and in N’Djamena in Chad both announced that they ...
On Dec. 1, 1944, hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French ...
Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, has expressed concern over the presence of the French military in his ...
France’s President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army ...
Commemoration prompts renewed calls for investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.
Chad's announcement that it is breaking off its defense agreement with Paris, followed by Senegal's declaration that it plans ...
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday said that France should close all its army bases in the country, ...
Senegal commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre on Sunday, honouring the African riflemen killed by French ...
On 1, Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. On that day in 1944, at least 35 Tirailleurs – members of ...
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 ...
Biram Senghor regularly goes to pay his respects at a military cemetery in Thiaroye, a fishing village near Senegal’s capital ...
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 ...