Dépôt de gerbe au cimetière militaire de Thiaroye, mercredi

A man sweeps the aisle at the Senegalese Tirailleurs cemetery in Thiaroye, outside Dakar, 30 November 2007, where are buried the skirmishers of the camp of Thiaroye killed 01 December 1944 following a dispute concerning their earnings with the French army. It was in Thiaroye that French soldiers killed up to 30 African infantrymen after the 1,280-strong force asked for back pay and compensation for their war-time sacrifices while fighting the Germans and Italians in Europe and Africa. The 150th commemorations of the troops were postponed to 2008 instead of 01 December 2007. AFP PHOTO / GEORGES GOBET (Photo by GEORGES GOBET / AFP)