On Dec. 1, 1944, hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French ...
The mass slaying of West African soldiers by colonial forces at the end of World War II in Senegal remains shrouded in ...
Senegal recently marked the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre, a dark and often overlooked episode in the nation’s colonial history ...
Senegal commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. At the ceremony held at the military cemetery in Thiaroye ...
Senegal on Sunday commemorated the 80th anniversary of a massacre of African soldiers who fought for France during World War ...
On 1 December 1944, more than 400 ‘tirailleurs’ (Senegalese riflemen) were killed by French colonial troops. Although ...
Senegal on Sunday commemorated the 80th anniversary of a massacre of African soldiers who fought for France during World War ...
Senegal commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre on Sunday, honouring the African riflemen killed by French ...
THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal — Biram Senghor regularly pays his respects at a military cemetery in Thiaroye, a fishing village near Senegal’s capital Dakar, bowing in front of a different grave ...
On Dec. 1, 1944, hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French ...