France and Senegal have created a commission for coordinating the withdrawal of French troops from the African country.

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

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

After more than six decades, French troops completed their withdrawal from Chad this week before a January 31 deadline, the ...

The announcements end more than six decades of significant French military presence in West Africa and the Sahel region. Five years ago, France had 10,000 troops on the continent fighting ...

The last French troops left the N'djamena military base they occupied for about 70 years this week, continuing France’s ...

The retreat, which comes amid increasing budget pressure and political upheaval in Paris, is another sign that France’s ...

nited States security engagements in West Africa cannot be understood without consideration of regional geopolitical challenges spanning political instability, climate change, humanitarian and food ...

Ivory Coast is home to the biggest remaining contingent of French troops in West Africa. There are some 600 French military personnel in the country with 350 in Senegal. "We have decided in a ...

After his death, his son was defeated by the French in 1901. ISLAM AND COLONIALISM IN WEST AFRICA The British colonial administrators had some respect for Islam. They recognised its power to ...

By contrast governors in French North Africa and French West Africa declared their loyalty to Marshall Petain's puppet regime in France (the Vichy Government) which cooperated with the German ...