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

This week’s commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre marks an important moment of historical reflection ...

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

Senegal commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. At the ceremony held at the military cemetery in Thiaroye on Sunday (December 1), President Diomaye Faye announced the construction ...

Senegal recently marked the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre, a dark and often overlooked episode in the nation’s colonial history ...

On 1 December 1944, more than 400 ‘tirailleurs’ (Senegalese riflemen) were killed by French colonial troops. Although ...

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 ...

Senegal commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. At the ceremony held at the military cemetery in Thiaroye ...

For decades, French authorities tried to minimize what had happened in Thiaroye. Reports by the French military shortly after the massacre determined that 35 West African soldiers were killed in ...

For decades, French authorities tried to minimize what had happened in Thiaroye. Reports by the French military shortly after ...

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 ...