Commemoration prompts renewed calls for an investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.

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The Thiaroye massacre remains a contentious historical episode as Senegal marks its 80th anniversary. In 1944, West African soldiers, part of the French colonial army, were killed by French troops ...

Senegal commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre on Sunday, honouring the African riflemen killed by French ...

Senegal on Sunday commemorated the 80th anniversary of a massacre of African soldiers who fought for France during World War ...

The mass slaying of West African soldiers by colonial forces at the end of World War II in Senegal remains shrouded in ...

Senegal on Sunday commemorated 80 years since the killing of dozens of African troops by French forces that the former ...

The Thiaroye massacre's 80th anniversary rekindles tensions between Senegal and France. Despite historians estimating hundreds of deaths, France only recently acknowledged it as a massacre. Senegalese ...

On Dec. 1, 1944, likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were killed by the French ...