Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa's Sahel region, while on his way ...

France officially ended its decades-long military presence in Chad, its last stronghold in the West African region. The shift ...

Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa's Sahel region, while on his way to interview one of the group's leaders in northern Mali ...

French troops completed their withdrawal from Chad this week before a January 31 deadline, the latest blow to France’s ...

France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation agreement with Paris.

Wassim Nasr, FRANCE 24’s terrorist expert ... to locate Navarro and his kidnappers near the town of Indelimane in Mali’s eastern region of Ménaka, more than 322 kilometres south of the ...

The French army has handed over its last base in Chad in a military ceremony in the capital N'Djamena, the general staffs of ...

six African countries – Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Senegal, and Ivory Coast – had cut military ties with France. Mali: In August 2020, a group of soldiers from the Malian Armed Forces ...

The relationship between Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger is getting tighter. The junta-led allies will own common passport from January 29, the date of their departure from regional bloc ECOWAS.

Chad, Senegal and Ivory Coast have recently ended security agreements with France - while Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger told French troops to leave following coups. France's influence in the region ...

As Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger prepare to withdraw from the West African bloc Ecowas, reports show an increase in instability in the region - partly due to a lack of coordination in the fight ...

Several former French colonies, including Niger, Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast have asked France to pull its troops out. New partners are stepping in to fill this gap. Along with ...