The retreat, which comes amid increasing budget pressure and political upheaval in Paris, is another sign that France’s ...

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

France officially ended its decades-long military presence in Chad, its last stronghold in the West African region. The shift ...

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

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 ...

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

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

This effort is part the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), a global financing initiative through which Senegal partners with France, Germany, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Canada ...

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

After Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, Chad surprised Paris by announcing on November 28, 2024, the end of its military partnership with France. Senegal’s president has also decided to close French ...

Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa's Sahel region, while on his way ...

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 ...