Other reports by the French army mention 70 deaths. PHOTOS: Senegal demands answers as the West African country commemorates a French colonial massacre But today, many French and Senegalese ...
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 ...
For half a century, the son of a Senegalese soldier massacred by the French army he had fought for during WWII has sought ...
On Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday (November 28) ...
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 ...
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 ...
On Dec. 1, 1944, hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French ...