France rejected criticism from new U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio that it lagged in defence, saying it met NATO's target ...

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

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

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Wednesday for Paris, France, on a "private visit". A statement issued by Bayo ...

The EU leaders will be joined for lunch by NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, and he's been at pains to keep an open channel ...

France has finally ended its 60-year military presence in Chad by closing ... On Friday the last of nearly 1,000 French soldiers left. Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby's decided last ...

The handover marks the end of France's military presence in its former colony "according to the wishes of the high Chadian authorities" in the capital N'Djaména. President Déby, in power since ...

Achieving “autonomous security" was an "absolute priority" for Chad, President Mahamat Idriss Deby said on Friday, a day after France vacated its last military base. France ended its military ...

France has finally ended its 60-year military presence in Chad by closing its last military ... On Friday the last of nearly 1,000 French soldiers left. Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby's decided ...

However, even as France’s military bases close up ... Recognising the power of the French language, President Emmanuel Macron’s administration in 2018 launched a drive to offer French lessons ...

President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno ... The largely desert country had been a key link in France's military presence in Africa and its last foothold in the wider Sahel region after the forced ...