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 ...

In his New Year’s address, Alassane Ouattara, president of Ivory Coast since 2010—when he took power with the aid of French ...

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

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

Senegal: The westernmost country in West Africa announced in November 2024 that France “should” close its military bases (home to 350 soldiers) by the end of 2025. Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire): A ...

French colonialism in Africa left deep scars on the peoples of the continent. Numerous testimonies and studies confirm the ...

French troop withdrawal in West Africa signals the end of 'Françafrique' and shifts geopolitical dynamics with Russia and ...

Despite their distance from European centers, the Jews of North Africa were forcefully displaced to detention and labor camps ...

Carol Valade/AFP/Getty Images Ivory Coast and Chad are the latest in a string of former French colonies in West and Central Africa to demand the withdrawal of French and other Western forces from ...

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.