France recognizes 1944 Thiaroye killings as massacre for 1st time
France recognizes 1944 Thiaroye killings as massacre for 1st time

French President Emmanuel Macron, for the first time as any head of French government,, formally acknowledged the killing of West African soldiers by French forces in 1944 as a massacre, in a letter addressed to Senegalese authorities on Thursday. The recognition comes on the eve of the 80th...