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 ...

France waged a war marked by "extreme violence" during Cameroon's fight for independence in the late 1950s, historians said ...

French President Emmanuel Macron's efforts to "reset" France's relationship with its former African colonies appear to be faltering. Seven years after coming to power with promises of reform, a ...

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

As countries continue to pivot from France, Paris too has begun implementing a new Africa strategy launched in late 2024: There are plans to permanently reduce troop presence in countries that have ...

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

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

Yet the Congo crisis is both a banana skin for Ruto, just as it is an obligation to find for a permanent solution to the problem he says has festered for 30 to 40 years.

Foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot was completing a visit to Chad and Ethiopia, and President Emmanuel Macron for the first time had recognized the killing of as many as 400 West African soldiers ...