NIGER and Burkina Faso announced their withdrawal from the G5 military bloc of west African states today. The two countries ...
Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Gabon, Djibouti, Chad... The agenda is still unclear for the remaining French forces on the continent ...
France has completed the withdrawal of troops from a northern base in Niger as part of a planned departure from the West African country in the wake of July's military coup. Nearly 200 troops, 28 ...
Being in Africa militarily "plays a key role in justifying France's permanent seat on the UN Security Council - France is an ...
Instead, they will join Mali in a security alliance.Burkina Faso and Niger were withdrawing from a military alliance fighting ...
Author Mahua Sen writes about her hometown of Forbesganj in Bihar. The people are tired, and they want to be a part of the mainstream of the country. In the villages falling in the ambit of the ...
France's president says the ambassador will leave and all military co-operation will end in the coming months.
FILE - A French Army vehicle moves through Niamey, Niger, on Oct. 10, 2023, to a destination that could be Chad, according to security sources. Opposition and civil society groups in Chad are asking ...
With a wave of coups in former French colonies in Africa, France is finding it can no longer take its military role on the continent for granted. There have been growing protests against France's ...
Once in power, the junta in Mali welcomed Russia's mercenary Wagner Group as they first forced out French troops and then ...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Niger’s military leaders say France has completed its withdrawal of troops from a northern base in the West African nation as part of its planned departure from the ...
