Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request in 2013, France has given up most of its military footprint across west ...

The epic of Sunjata Keita has become heritage of the entire African continent ...

Algeria must make more efforts to lift its demands and hold France accountable, under the report prepared by three ...

With France fast losing its influence in west Africa's Sahel region and an unpredictable US president in power, will China fill the vacuum?The Sahel region covers 10 countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, ...

Ivorian paratroopers entered the Port-Bouet camp in January and are now working alongside French soldiers. Ivory Coast remains a key ally of France in West Africa. Approximately 1,000 soldiers ...

The Swiss-Italian group MSC has just one month left to make a firm offer to Bolloré for its subsidiary Bolloré Africa Logistics. Africa Intelligence reveals the progress of the discussions.

It ends badly. An old tyrant embarks on an ill-considered project that involves redrawing maps. Heedless to wise counsel and ...

A handful of French military veterans gave training to around 20 Senegalese ... Their training course was run by the NGO Partners West Africa, which receives funding from the US Department of State.

The CFA franc (Franc des Colonies Francais d’Afrique) was introduced in 1945, well before France’s decolonization in the late 1950s, as a way for France to control the economies of its African ...

Hitler “Lebensraum” (Living space) was the Nazi concept that propelled the German war machine to seize new territories, ...

In 1820, the French strengthened their presence in West Africa by establishing a military fort and a French garrison on the Senegal River, as well as the administrative center of Dakar. Some educated ...