Senegal distances itself from colonial past, following trend sweeping across West and Central Africa since 2022.

"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 ...

As countries continue to pivot from France, Paris too has begun implementing a new Africa strategy launched in late 2024: ...

Nor should we forget that in 2013, around 2,000 Chadian soldiers fought alongside us in northern Mali against the jihadists." This departure of French troops from Chad, combined with a similar ...

A handful of French military veterans gave training to around 20 Senegalese officers in November ... all three of which are exposed to jihadist groups that cross the border from neighbouring Mali.

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

The Mali national waving flag. Cooperation between Mali and Russia in front of dark world map. The concept of war, peace, handshake, business agreement ... Alpha Channel Video for cooperation between ...

IN SHORT: Several social media users in Nigeria have posted a video showing French soldiers deployed to northern Nigeria. However, the video was posted in 2015 on YouTube and is not proof of French ...

A parcel of land on an existing Revolutionary War battlefield in Eutawville is being developed into a park to be named after a Revolutionary War soldier and freed African American slave Jim Capers.

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

The remains of a Massachusetts soldier who went missing during the Korean War in 1951 and died as a prisoner of war have been identified and will soon return home. In early 1951, U.S. Army Pfc.