The West African nation's president demanded the departure of some 350 French troops in November last year Read Full Article ...

Barrick Gold and Bamako have been at odds since the military-led government adopted a new extraction code in 2023 Read Full ...

"What is evident is that Benin is now at war--a war waged by French imperialism through proxy jihadist forces," argues Damien Zinsou Degbe of Benin's Council of Patriotic Youth, which has organized ...

Now there is no public support for sending any more troops to Africa even if they are requested by beleaguered African governments. Those African political crises have been a regular feature of ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request in 2013, France has given up most of its military footprint across west ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended ...

It's tempting to conflate France's military exit from Cote d'Ivoire with its withdrawals from other regional countries. But ...

France's military presence in Africa has been steadily declining recently as several nations seek to remove French forces - ...

The gunmen opened fire on a convoy of civilian vehicles escorted by the army and mercenaries of the Russian company Wagner in ...

France will hand over its only military base in Ivory Coast, its former star colony in West Africa, and both sides say the ...

"For most of its existence, ECOWAS has had to deal with the manipulation of other powers, particularly France," Otubanjo ...