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

France’s influence in Africa is weakening, but it hasn’t disappeared. While political ties are fading, its economic grip ...

France will hand over its only military base in Ivory Coast, its former star colony in west Africa, and both sides say the ...

The CFA franc (Franc des Colonies Francais d’Afrique) was introduced in 1945, well before France’s decolonization in the late ...

Many countries have their worst showing in more than a decade in an index that serves as a barometer of public sector ...

Officers from the French and Chadian army salute as the French flag is lowered during a ceremony marking the departure of French soldiers from a military base in Abeche, Chad, on Saturday. JORIS ...

Former Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam has renounced his French citizenship to meet eligibility conditions for Ivory Coast's ...

Morocco is increasingly a focus of European alliance-building and investment, including in illegally occupied Western Sahara.

The French army has handed over its last base to the Chadian army, putting an end to its long-term presence in this Sahel ...

Senegal: The westernmost country in West Africa announced in November 2024 that France “should” close its military bases (home to 350 soldiers) by the end of 2025. Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire ...

By the end of the year, the only remaining French base in Africa will be in Djibouti. Driven by pressure from the military dictatorships that have taken power across the Sahel and by anti-French ...

This was France's last foothold in the region, West Africa's vast expanse below the Sahara desert. Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger all kicked the French army out following coup d'états in recent years ...