Thiaroye, Senegal
Barrow joins Senegal to mark 80 years of Thiaroye massacre
President Barrow, alongside other Heads of State, laid a wreath at Thiaroye cemetery to pay respect to fallen heroes. In his remarks, the Senegalese President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, announced that he had set up an international research committee to establish the facts related to the tragedy.
The mass slaying of West African soldiers by colonial forces at the end of World War II in Senegal remains shrouded in ...
Senegal commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre on Sunday, honouring the African riflemen killed by French ...
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Senegal and Chad just sent the French military packing. Why?In late November, both Senegal and Chad – independently of one another – moved to profoundly alter their longstanding ...
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Senegal seeks answers 80 years after French colonial massacre of soldiersCommemoration prompts renewed calls for investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.
On Dec. 1, 1944, likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were killed by the French ...
African soldiers who fought for France during World War Two were gunned down by French troops for demanding fair treatment and payment on their return.
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