The ceremony, which France's foreign affairs minister attended alongside other African heads of state, started with a visit to the Thiaroye military cemetery to lay flowers. FRANCE 24's Caitlin ...

Senegal has called for full access to the archives of the Thiaroye massacre, as experts want transparency about one of the darkest chapters in its colonial history. Senegal’s new government ...

France has for the first time acknowledged that its soldiers carried out a "massacre" in Senegal in which dozens – perhaps hundreds – of West African troops were killed almost exactly 80 years ago, ...

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A mural in Dakar, Senegal, commemorates the Thiaroye massacre of December, 1944. Senegal commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre on Sunday, honouring the African riflemen killed ...

The Thiaroye Massacre, long shrouded in silence, is now officially acknowledged by France, shedding light on a dark chapter of colonial history and its lasting impact on Senegal and beyond.

All laid wreaths at the scene of the killings at the former Thiaroye military camp, just outside Dakar, which have long been a stain on relations between Senegal and France. Around 1,600 soldiers ...

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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 each ...

On December 1, Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. On that day in 1944, at least 35 Tirailleurs – members of a colonial infantry unit from Senegal who served in the ...