Commemoration prompts renewed calls for investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.
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 ...
On Dec. 1, 1944, hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French ...
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 December 1, Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. On that day in 1944, at least 35 Tirailleurs – ...
Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, has expressed concern over the presence of the French military in his ...
For half a century, the son of a Senegalese soldier massacred by the French army he had fought for during WWII has sought ...
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday said that France should close all its army bases in the country, ...
France honours WWII colonial troops shot dead by French army in Senegal This year's commemorations have been prepared ...
As Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the massacre, calls for accountability from France grow louder amid unresolved ...
France’s President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army ...
Biram Senghor regularly goes to pay his respects at a military cemetery in Thiaroye, a fishing village near Senegal’s capital ...