Tag: Riflemen
a complaint filed against the minister who described the riflemen as “traitors”
A complaint was filed Thursday, December 26 by the African Federation of Descendants of Senegalese Tirailleurs against Cheikh Oumar Diagne, minister and advisor to the Presidency of the Republic, after…
Thiaroye Massacre: Six African Riflemen Recognized as “Died for France” – “A Historic Step Forward”
Six African riflemen, including four Senegalese, one Ivorian and one soldier from Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), have just been officially recognized as having “died for France.” All were executed…