Former Credit Suisse chief executive Tidjane Thiam has been relieved of his French citizenship, according to the French ...

As China and Russia gain ground in Africa, the U.S. policy should distance itself from its unpopular European partners.

The junta successfully built a strong anti-French sentiment in Francophone African countries, capitalising on their populist ...

West African countries set a fifth deadline of July 2027 for the launch of a single ...

Four Guyanese nationals were among six people arrested following the discovery of 6.3 tonnes of cocaine aboard a ...

The massacre at Thiaroye took place on 1 December, 1944, when French colonial troops opened fire on West African soldiers who had just returned from Europe, where they had been fighting for France.

Squabbles soon erupted in Europe over who “owned” what. The French, for example, clashed with Britain over several West African territories, and again with King Leopold over Central African ...

It has suffered setbacks in West Africa in recent years, including Chad, Niger and Burkina Faso, where French troops are no longer on the ground. France has said it is planning to sharply reduce its ...

The junta-run country quit the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, an international group of French-speaking ...

Mali has withdrawn from a global alliance of French-speaking countries, days after two of its neighbors took the same step.

Niger's junta leader General Abdourahamane Tiani attends the first ordinary summit of heads of state and governments of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) in Niamey, Niger on July 6, 2024.  Junta-led ...