At the end of last month the authorities in the Senegalese capital of Dakar and in N’Djamena in Chad both announced that they ...
Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, has expressed concern over the presence of the French military in his ...
Commemoration prompts renewed calls for an investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.
The rapid changes in the Sahel show that no regime is stronger than the power of the people when they come together and ...
France's President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army ...
As Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the massacre, calls for accountability from France grow louder amid unresolved ...
On Dec. 1, 1944, likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were killed by the French army after demanding their unpaid wages. THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal ...
On Dec. 1, 1944, hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French ...
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 ...
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 ...