France was recently asked to leave Chad, and its relations in central and West Africa are increasingly weak. With Russian ...

Senegal, Chad and Ivory Coast last month announced the departure of French troops just as Paris was devising a new strategy that would sharply reduce its permanent troop presence in Africa.

An unforgiving conflict between rival military factions has killed 150,000 people. Another 12 million people are displaced, ...

Hundreds of people marched in Chad on Friday to call for the withdrawal of French troops from the country, a week after the Central African country ended a military agreement with its former ...

Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced on 31 December 2024 that all foreign military bases in his country would close by 2025. On the same day, the Ivorian president said France would ...

A Green Beret killed in a 2017 ambush by Islamic militants in Niger was awarded the Silver Star on Tuesday, the culmination of an about-face by the Army over the controversial incident in the Global ...

A Gabonese squadron halts to salute a French colonel ... for training". From Chad to Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Ivory Coast, France has been forced to withdraw its troops or hand over its ...

French President Emmanuel Macron celebrates with French soldiers during a Christmas dinner ... Mali, Niger and Chad,” Kouao said. “These countries are looking for more sovereignty and above ...

The US has approximately 100 troops stationed in Chad as part of its strategy to ... Neighboring Niger is also a linchpin in the US and French strategy to combat jihadists in the region.

Vatican: At a Mass for pilgrims, Pope Francis made his first public appearance since leaving a hospital two weeks ago.

Building products manufacturer Forterra has proudly contributed a donation from its Community Fund to support the Ibstock ...

BY the terms of the armistice with Germany and Italy which came into effect on June 25, 1940, the Pétain government laid down ...