Senegal on Sunday (December 1) 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 for demanding fair treatment and payment on their return. The ceremony, which France’s foreign affairs minister attended alongside other African heads of state, started with a visit to the Thiaroye military cemetery to lay flowers. FRANCE 24’s Caitlin Kelly tells us more.
Senegal demands truth as it marks 80 years since French colonial massacre at Thiaroye
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