Seven years on and the French government's very public commitment to return art and cultural objects back to Africa, seemed to have stalled.

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request ...

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

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

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

France’s military withdrawals provide West African states with a long overdue opportunity to assert their sovereignty. But ...

French President Emmanuel Macron's efforts to "reset" France's relationship with its former African colonies appear to be faltering. Seven years after coming to power with promises of reform, a ...

Macron says the African countries "forgot to thank France" for sending troops to help fight terrorism in the Sahel. Former French colonies in Africa, like Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Senegal and ...

Several former French colonies, including Niger, Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Ivory ... In a highly publicized speech in Paris, French President Macron accused his West African allies of ...

"(Macron) has humiliated all Africans ... while Ivory Coast, Chad and Senegal have demanded the withdrawal of French forces. French forces are expected to complete withdrawal from Chad by the ...

Macron also rejected the suggestion that French ... His comments prompted criticism from Chad’s foreign affairs minister as well as Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, who said that in ...