African leaders announcing the closure of Frensh military bases send a clear sign that Africa is rejecting France’s policies ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is leading Burkina Faso to self-sufficiency by rejecting Western control and continuing Thomas Sankara’s legacy.

Perhaps more worrying are the civilian fatalities linked to the military or its sponsored militia. Also Read: Burkina Faso ...

China's first ever defence attache to Niger, Colonel-Major Chen Xuming, was welcomed earlier this month at a reception held ...

As France hands back another base in Africa, experts question the future of its security cooperation on the continent and ...

After French withdrawal from base, West African country to continue cooperating with Paris on military level, says Ivorian ...

At its peak, about 1,000 French soldiers were stationed at the base to combat jihadist threats across the region. Despite the ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the interim leader of Burkina Faso, rose to power in September 2022 after leading a coup against ...

Chief of Air Staff, CAS, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has said the withdrawal of the Alliance of Sahel States from the ...

By that point, Traoré had expelled military forces sent by France — Burkina Faso’s former colonial ruler — a decade earlier to help counter the swelling Islamist militancy. He had also ...

Nigeria’s Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has noted with concern that the withdrawal of the Alliance of Sahel States from ECOWAS has disrupted existing security frameworks ...