Dakar, Nov 25, 2024 (AFP) - France deliberately obscured WWII Senegal massacre, historian says

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2024-11-25

Senegal on Sunday will commemorate the massacre of dozens of African soldiers who had fought for then colonial ruler France by French troops in a Dakar suburb on December 1, 1944. France has deliberately tried to erase from memory the mass killings of soldiers known as "tirailleurs" (riflemen) from its various former African colonies, historian Mamadou Diouf told AFP. The commemoration 80 years on is not just about remembering the gruesome annive......

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