The previous expulsion of French troops from the region saw countries invite and embrace alternative partners like Russia and ...

Analysis - The previous expulsion of French troops from the region saw countries invite and embrace alternative partners like Russia and China.

The mainly francophone states of Central and West Africa each operate their own versions of the CFA franc. Covering six and ...

Nigeria’s acceptance into the BRICS club as a partner country is a slap in the face for Nigerian leaders, the foreign policy ...

The vulnerable condition of these countries facilitated the continuation ... to weaken and reduce Nigeria’s influence on French-speaking West African states. Given these and other antecedents ...

President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday faced an angry backlash from France's remaining allies in West Africa and accusations at home of showing a neo-colonialist attitude after lamenting that African ...

For example, in the West African region, there are the Anglophone, Arabophone, Francophone, and Lusophone countries. When discussing Francophone Africa, some of them also have other affinities.

Over the past decade, France has been forced out of over 70 percent of the African nations where it once maintained a ...

First Bank is looking to expand to at least three African countries in its next growth phase as financial systems across the ...

(Bloomberg) -- Ivory Coast’s president announced the withdrawal of French troops from the country, joining a growing number of francophone ... military presence in West Africa.

Ivory Coast’s president announced the withdrawal of French troops from the country ... francophone states that have asked the former colonial power to relinquish its military presence in West ...