The Tirailleurs Senegalais, seen here at the end of the conflict, were sent to France ahead of an anticipated German invasion during World War Two France has for the first time acknowledged that its ...

On 1 December 1944, colonial troops and French gendarmes were ordered by French army officers to shoot at several dozen African troops at the military camp of Thiaroye near the Senegalese capital ...

‘Tirailleurs’ or ‘Father and Son’ in English, is a new film starring and co-directed by Omar Sy. It is the first time that the exploits of the hundreds of thousands of so-called ‘Tirailleurs ...

How should the West African troops, who fought for colonial France, be remembered today? In 1857, France began recruiting men from her West African colonies to use in military campaigns. During World ...

Neither star nor high-level athlete, Dieme's claim to fame is being a Senegalese tirailleur – a corps of infantrymen from former French colonies who fought for France, notably during the two world ...

FranceFrance has for the first time acknowledged that its soldiers carried out a "massacre" in Senegal in which dozens – perhaps hundreds – of West African troops were killed almost exactly 80 years ...

David Murphy does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

More than a million African soldiers were engaged in this war, some as volunteers while most of them were forcibly conscripted. They fought in Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Far East. But ...

France has for the first time acknowledged that its soldiers carried out a "massacre" in Senegal in which dozens – perhaps hundreds – of West African troops were killed almost exactly 80 years ago, ...