France military withdrawals provide West African states with a long overdue opportunity to assert their sovereignty But there ...

Senegalese and Chadian leaders said that the ousting of French troops from their territories was their sovereign decision, rejecting remarks from French President Emmanuel Macron that suggested ...

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

The Senegalese prime minister and the Chadian foreign minister have condemned claims made by Emmanuel Macron regarding negotiations about the withdrawal of French troops from several African countries ...

Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara announced in his January 2025 New Year's speech the withdrawal of French <a ...

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

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

Many blame the United States, France and other allies for allowing neighboring Rwanda to fuel a conflict in the country’s east.

“All of Senegal's friends will be treated like strategic partners, within the framework of open, diversified and uninhibited cooperation,” he said. Ouattara, considered one of France’s ...

France’s enduring strategy to destabilise the Sahel is manifesting through new and suspicious demonstrations allegedly ...

Faye's statement came a month after he announced that former colonial master France would have to close its military bases in Senegal. This is the first time he has set a date for the closure of ...