Analysis - The Thiaroye camp near Dakar was a Senegalese army barracks housing African soldiers called "tirailleurs sénégalais" (Senegalese riflemen). It welcomed men returning from the European front ...

Thiaroye, SENEGAL (Reuters) -Senegal on Sunday commemorated the 80th anniversary of a massacre of African soldiers who fought for France during World War Two, and were gunned down by French troops in ...

THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal (AP) — 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 ...

Senegal President says Thiaroye struggle is fight for Africa’s soul. Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye declared that ...

“The France of today can no longer write or tell this tragic chapter of history alone.” This reaction from Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko to France’s decision to grant the status of “Died for ...