The only known descendant of a Senegalese rifleman killed by French forces in the 1944 Thiaroye massacre has filed a legal ...

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

Biram Senghor is the last surviving descendant of a group of Senegalese soldiers killed by French military in a massacre in ...

'Reug Reug' Oumar Kane has always admired Rodtang Jitmuangnon's inspiring rags-to-riches story. After all, it mirrors his own ...

Guinean artist Elie Kamano has released a powerful music video demanding reparations. His message is clear: it is time to return to Africa what was taken from it.

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 ...

Senegal mourns Thiaroye war heroes slain by French troops 80 years ago. In February, the Senegalese government, which accuses France of withholding archival documents which would shed light on the ...

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 ...

This year, Senegal commemorated the events of December 1, 1944, at the Thiaroye military camp with unprecedented scale. Historians have long debated the death toll of the Thiaroye massacre.

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.

“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 ...

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