It’s one thing for the West to lose its geostrategic position in the Sahel, which includes some of the world’s poorest ...
Hundreds of West African soldiers who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French army on Dec. 1, ...
Commemoration prompts renewed calls for an investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.
Chad, a former African colony of France, has for decades been central to its military operations in Africa, but it is ...
Senegal on Sunday commemorated 80 years since the killing of dozens of African troops by French forces that the former colonial master acknowledged this week had been a "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 ...
Senegal commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre on Sunday, honouring the African riflemen killed by French ...
On Dec. 1, 1944, hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French ...
On Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. On that day in 1944, at least 35 Tirailleurs – members of a ...
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 ...