epa11751417 Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, Jean-Noel Barrot, appears on a monitor as he gives a speech during a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the 'Thiaroye Massacre' at the Thiaroye Military Camp, about 15km east of Dakar, Senegal, 01 December 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged, on 28 November 2024 and for the first time, that the 01 December 1944 killing by the French army of West African troops called Tirailleurs Senegalais, who fought alongside the French during World War II and were demanding their back pay, was 'a massacre.' The exact number of soldiers killed is not known; historians put it between several dozen and several hundred. EPA/JEROME FAVRE
SENEGAL THIAROYE MASSACRE ANNIVERSARY
SENEGAL THIAROYE MASSACRE ANNIVERSARY
epa11751417 Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, Jean-Noel Barrot, appears on a monitor as he gives a speech during a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the 'Thiaroye Massacre' at the Thiaroye Military Camp, about 15km east of Dakar, Senegal, 01 December 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged, on 28 November 2024 and for the first time, that the 01 December 1944 killing by the French army of West African troops called Tirailleurs Senegalais, who fought alongside the French during World War II and were demanding their back pay, was 'a massacre.' The exact number of soldiers killed is not known; historians put it between several dozen and several hundred. EPA/JEROME FAVRE
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