The only known descendant of a Senegalese rifleman killed by French forces in the 1944 Thiaroye massacre has filed a legal complaint against the French state, accusing it of concealing mass graves and blocking justice.
Biram Senghor, 86, is the son of M’Bap Senghor, one of dozens of West African riflemen, known as tirailleurs senegalais, who were shot by French colonial forces in Thiaroye near Dakar after returning from World War II service in Europe.
