Holes in the ground, clods of earth next to headstones, dislocated concrete outlines: the Thiaroye military cemetery near ...

Investigations into one of the worst massacres in France's colonial history took a step forward on Thursday when researchers presented an official report to Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye.

Mamadou Diouf, historian and president of the committee tasked with investigating the killing by France of African ...

A 1944 massacre by French troops against African soldiers demanding their pay in Senegal was 'premeditated' and 'covered up,' ...

Senegal has released a report into the 1944 Thiaroye Massacre, one of the worst atrocities of French colonial history, where African troops were killed for protesting against alleged racism and pay ...

Senegal President Bassirou Faye has urged Africans to embrace the culture of honouring their heroes to restore their history.

“The dark side of our history includes the bloody repression at the Thairoye camp in 1944 which caused the death of 35 African soldiers who fought for France,” Hollande told the Senegalese parliament.

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