Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request ...

French troops completed their withdrawal from Chad this week before a January 31 deadline, the latest blow to France’s ...

French President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to “reset” France’s relationship with its former African colonies appear to be ...

Naturally, France backed off and could only play its hands on its former colonies from faraway Europe. Successes were ...

Analysis - Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced on 31 December 2024 that all foreign military bases in his ...

French military foothold in Senegal, the first in General Burkhard’s list of four former colonies where the last ... important French neocolony in West Africa,” addedEkissi.

Good news is coming from West Africa: last November landlocked ... With this decision, Chad joins a growing list of former French colonies rejecting Paris’ influence and kicking out its troops.

France starts 2025 with a further drawdown of its military presence in its former African colonies ... “There is a clear collapse of French policy in Africa,” said Thierry Vircoulon, a ...

French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent remarks about African countries’ "ingratitude" for France’s role in ...

French President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to “reset” France’s relationship with its former African colonies appear to be faltering. Seven years after coming to power with promises of reform, a ...