As France hands back another base in Africa, experts question the future of its security cooperation on the continent and ...

This is not just a farewell to France's overreach, it's a bold step toward a more equitable and empowered West Africa, writes ...

France on Thursday handed its sole Ivory Coast military base back to its former colony. France has been present in the ...

Ivory Coast has officially taken control of the last remaining French military base in the country as the majority of French ...

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

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

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 ...

In Senegal, streets named after French colonial figures are being changed to names of prominent people from Senegal. The move comes as the West African country is rethinking its ties with France and ...

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 ...

In November, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced that French army bases were ... of mass killings of West African soldiers by colonial forces in 1944. The soldiers of the ...

Directly under French command, this battalion “is ... last few military footholds it has left in its former colonies in the West African region. France Reorganizing Toward ‘A Less Entrenched ...

Countries in North Africa were far from being monolithic entities; each country had its unique experience, shaped by its colonial history, whether by French or Italian influences. “The common ...