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

Visual retelling of Thiaroye massacre sheds new light on French colonial atrocity. Only a small section of the cemetery has been excavated so far, the source said, adding that forensic analysis is ...

Members of the Senegalese Armed Forces stand guard at the Thiaroye Military Cemetery on 1 December, 2024 after a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye Massacre.

The massacre at Thiaroye took place on 1 December, 1944, when French colonial troops opened fire on West African soldiers who had just returned from Europe, where they had been fighting for France.

The massacre was recognized as such by France on the eve of its 80th anniversary, December 1, 2024. This year, Senegal commemorated the events of December 1, 1944, at the Thiaroye military camp ...

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.

Nonetheless, Senegal never forgot: not the Thiaroye massacre, and not the extraordinary human sacrifices that Senegal made, over nearly a century, in defence of the French Republic.

Author of Le massacre de Thiaroye, 1er décembre 1944, Histoire d’un mensonge d’État (‘Thiaroye Massacre, the History of a State Lie’)*, Mabon is one of the experts who, for more than 20 years, has ...

Accounts of the massacre vary, as does the death toll, which former French president Francois Hollande raised to at least 70 from 35 during a visit to Thiaroye in 2014. Historians say hundreds might ...

Senegal commemorates the Thiaroye massacre, demanding France take responsibility for the 1944 killing of African soldiers. Published - December 02, 2024 04:33 am IST - Thiaroye, SENEGAL.