The turning back on France by African countries reflects the growing demand for a broader push to erase the vestiges of ...

China's top diplomat began his annual New Year tour of Africa on Sunday, maintaining a 35-year-long tradition, to quietly ...

In the 1950s and 60s, her mother, the late Andrée Blouin, threw herself into the fight for a free Africa, mobilising the ...

Ivory Coast is the latest country in West Africa to ask French troops to leave for good. It follows similar decisions by Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal and Chad. We analyse France's shrinking ...

Ivory Coast’s president announced the withdrawal of French troops from the country, joining a growing number of francophone ...

Dynamics are shifting in North Africa as the region navigates a quieter political year in 2025, further presenting a delicate ...

Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will begin withdrawing in January as part of a shift towards ...

French forces have also left Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, and Nigeria in recent months after a series of military coups.

Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decades long military presence.

President Alassane Ouattara said in an end-of-year speech that French forces will withdraw from the West African nation in ...

Chad was the last country to host French military units in Africa’s Sahel region after Paris withdrew units from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. France's relations with Mali and Burkina Faso ...

Four French nationals held in Burkina Faso for over a year on espionage accusations have been released, France's foreign intelligence service said Thursday, with Paris thanking Morocco for its ...