Now there is no public support for sending any more troops to Africa even if they are requested by beleaguered African governments. Those African political crises have been a regular feature of ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Armed assailants in western Niger killed at least 10 soldiers in an ambush on a military unit that had been sent to hunt cattle rustlers in a border region near Burkina Faso ...

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 ...

Burkina Faso’s military government publicly declared the termination of its military pact with France in January 2023, causing around 400 French special forces personnel to leave the country.

Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Chad have joined three West African countries — Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso — asking ... and economic stability. French Armed Forces have been stationed in support ...

In early January, Côte d’Ivoire announced that French troops would be withdrawing ... France had formerly colonized. Since 2022, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and now Côte d ...

Known as the Upper Volta until 1960, Burkina Faso was an independent French colony. Following the overthrow of Blaise Compaoré, the nation’s second president and leader for nearly thirty years, the ...

Burkina Faso and Niger in the wake of military coups. France is now reconfiguring its military presence in Africa. Senegal is negotiating the withdrawal of French forces by the end of this year ...

Meta took down a disinformation scheme linked to the French military and created to jostle ... public support for military ...

A mural reading " remain vigilant and mobilised” is seen in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Wednesday March 1 ... the ruling juntas have expelled French forces and turned to Russia’s mercenary units for ...

Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali will create a "unified ... violence that governments have not been able to eradicate despite help from French forces. "We are in the same place, we face the same ...