a fishing village on the outskirts of Senegal’s capital, Dakar. The French military has said 35 to 75 soldiers were killed, but historians dispute this claim, asserting that nearly 400 people died.

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Biram Senghor regularly goes to pay his respects at a military cemetery in Thiaroye, a fishing village near Senegal’s capital Dakar, bowing in front of a different grave each time. The 86-year ...

a fishing village on the outskirts of Senegal's capital Dakar. The event, which renewed these demands, comes as France is losing influence over its former African colonies, many of which have ...

THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal (AP) — Biram Senghor regularly pays his respects at a military cemetery in Thiaroye, a fishing village near Senegal’s capital Dakar, bowing in front of a different ...