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

In his New Year’s address, Alassane Ouattara, president of Ivory Coast since 2010—when he took power with the aid of French ...

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

It’s a new sunrise for a fully sovereign Chad, determined to take charge of its own destiny,' says Mahamat Idriss Deby - ...

French forces have withdrawn from Chad after 65 years, although France maintains that military cooperation will continue.

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

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

Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced on 31 December 2024 that all foreign military bases in his country would close by 2025. On the same day, the Ivorian president said France ...

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 ...