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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 ...
The Point1h
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 ...
Senegal mourns Thiaroye war heroes slain by French troops 80 years ago
Senegal commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre on Sunday, honouring the African riflemen killed by French ...
80 Years After Killings, Senegal Wants the Facts From France
The mass slaying of West African soldiers by colonial forces at the end of World War II in Senegal remains shrouded in ...
Al Jazeera on MSN1d
Senegal seeks answers 80 years after French colonial massacre of soldiers
Commemoration prompts renewed calls for investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.
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Remembering Thiaroye: Unveiling a Historical Massacre
The Thiaroye massacre remains a contentious historical episode as Senegal marks its 80th anniversary. In 1944, West African soldiers, part of the French colonial army, were killed by French troops ...
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Senegal Commemorates Thiaroye Massacre Amid Calls for Justice
Senegal marked the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre, urging France to apologize and investigate the 1944 killing of ...
Senegal demands answers as the West African country commemorates a French colonial massacre
On Dec. 1, 1944, likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were killed by the French ...
Houston Chronicle2d
Senegal demands answers as the West African country commemorates a French colonial massacre
THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal (AP) — Biram Senghor regularly goes to pay his respects at a military cemetery in Thiaroye, a fishing village near Senegal’s capital Dakar, bowing in front of a ...