From wrestling in Thiaroye sur Mer to the global stage of ONE Championship, Senegalese athlete 'Reug Reug' Oumar Kane has transformed childhood dreams into reality.

Archaeologists in Senegal have uncovered skeletons with bullets lodged in the bodies during the first excavation of a cemetery at the former military camp of Thiaroye outside Dakar, where French ...

Archaeologists in Senegal have uncovered skeletons with bullets lodged in the bodies during the first excavation of a cemetery at the former military camp of Thiaroye outside Dakar, where French ...

Visual retelling of Thiaroye massacre sheds new light on French colonial atrocity Twenty years ago, French photographer Yves Monteil was driving in Senegal when he passed a military cemetery in ...

Senegal announces archaeological excavations to uncover contested Thiaroye massacre human toll The Senegalese government reproached France for withholding archival documents.

In December 1944, Senegalese troops who fought for France in World War II were killed for demanding the pay and dignity they were promised. The Thiaroye Massacre, long shrouded in silence, is now ...

“Symbolically, Thiaroye represents something very powerful. Firstly, because it represents 80 years of government lies,” says historian Armelle Mabon, referring to a bloody repression of Senegalese ...

The West African nation has long demanded its former colonizer take responsibility, officially apologize and properly investigate the massacre that took place in Thiaroye, a fishing village on the ...

Senegal commemorates the Thiaroye massacre, demanding France take responsibility for the 1944 killing of African soldiers.

Hundreds of West African soldiers who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French army on Dec. 1, 1944, after demanding unpaid wages. THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal (AP ...

Thiaroye, SENEGAL - 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 1944 ...

Thiaroye, SENEGAL, Dec 1 (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 ...