The French military base in Abidjan will officially be handed over to Ivory Coast on February 20 during a ceremony attended ...

France is preparing to hand Côte d'Ivoire back its only military base in the country in a ceremony on 20 February, further diminishing French influence in West Africa. Ivorian President Alassane ...

Lack of military coordination and tension among countries in Africa's Lake Chad region are hindering efforts to end a more ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request ...

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

France has handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities. The move on Thursday came two months after the ...

The French army has handed over its last base in Chad in a military ceremony in the capital N'Djamena, the general staffs of ...

Congo's leader has called on young people to enlist in the army to help fight Rwanda-backed rebels attempting to seize more ...

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

Justice Malala is a political commentator and former editor of South ... military base on its territory within a year. The announcements end more than six decades of significant French military ...

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France plans to close its permanent military bases in Senegal and other West and Central ... A global withdrawal of the French system in Africa This withdrawal is part of a broader reorganization of ...