Al Jazeera on MSN3d
With France’s military influence in Africa gone, can it rely on soft power?
As countries continue to pivot from France, Paris too has begun implementing a new Africa strategy launched in late 2024: ...
The Economist2d
France’s bitter retreat from west Africa
Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request ...
Business and Financial Times on MSN5d
Dr Muhammad Dan Suleiman: France still (Con)descends on Africa
French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent remarks about African countries’ "ingratitude" for France’s role in ...
The rise of AES and the fall of French influence in West Africa
The imminent departure of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) marks a ...
France 24 on MSN4d
France hands over last base in Chad amid withdrawal
The French army has handed over its last base in Chad in a military ceremony in the capital N'Djamena, the general staffs of ...
AFP on MSN6d
France responsible for 'extreme violence' in Cameroon independence war, report says
France waged a war marked by extreme violence during Cameroon's fight for independence in the late 1950s, historians said in the latest officially commissioned study grappling with Paris's colonial ...
AFP on MSN3d
Chad leader welcomes 'complete' departure of French forces
President Mahamat Idriss Deby on Friday welcomed the definitive and complete departure of French forces from Chad which marks ...
Trend News Agency5d
French military presence perils African nations' sovereignty, independence - Malawian expert
BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 29. French military presence undermines sovereignty and independence of African countries, Gift Sambo, expert from the Department of Politics and Government, University of ...
Public Radio International6d
The story of one woman’s fight to gain African independence from colonial rule
Eve Blouin, daughter of African independence activist Andrée Blouin, speaks to The World’s Host Marco Werman about a new ...
FT17m
Gift, grant, and agitation against a ‘great’ empire in its final days: Part 2
On the 77th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s independence from colonial rule following foreign domination of some four and a half ...
Departure of last French soldiers from Chad brings an end to a 'special relationship'
The French army has handed over its last base to the Chadian army, putting an end to its long-term presence in this Sahel ...