In 1944, French colonial forces massacred West African soldiers who had returned ... Senegalese soldiers raise the country’s flag in the middle of the playground, surrounded by students donning ...

Hundreds of West African soldiers who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French army […] ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday acknowledged that the 1944 killing of West African soldiers in a Senegalese fishing village by French forces was a massacre for the first time.

(Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool via AP) DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 ...

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 ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — 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 ...

On Dec. 1, 1944, likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were killed by the French army after demanding their unpaid wages THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal ...

Reports by the French military shortly after the massacre determined that 35 West African soldiers were killed in response to a “mutiny.” Other reports by the French army mention 70 deaths.