On Dec. 1, 1944, hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French ...

Commemoration prompts renewed calls for investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.

Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, has expressed concern over the presence of the French military in his ...

Historians estimate hundreds of West African soldiers who fought for France were killed in 1944 by the French army after they ...

As Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the massacre, calls for accountability from France grow louder amid unresolved ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 as a massacre DAKAR, Senegal -- French President Emmanuel ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army ...

DAKAR, Senegal — French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 as a massacre in a letter addressed to ...

central Senegal. An only child, he was "not yet weaned" when the war broke out in 1939 and his father was drafted into the French army in September 1940. "I want my father to be compensated.

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, the president of Senegal, at the presidential palace ... according to some historians – were killed by the French army, in this camp on the outskirts of Dakar, for ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — France’s President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 as a massacre. The recognition came ...