The handover of the last French military base in Chad and the Sahel marks a loss of influence for Paris and European ...

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

France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony ...

Cte dIvoire announced that French troops would be withdrawing from the country and the military base of Port-Bout would be ...

France has said it deplores the decision of 76-year-old former hostage Sophie Pétronin to go back to Mali months after she was released. The charity worker was held by militants in northern Mali ...

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 ...

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

The French-led intervention, with growing British involvement, in Mali, and possibly in other failing states, risks a scenario similar to Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. Both France and Britain seek to ...

Mali has suffered violence since 2012, when Islamist militants took over the north. With the help of France, Mali's army has recaptured the territory. However, insecurity there continues and the ...

Niger?s minister of interior and public security has called for increased vigilance to deal with the alleged threat France is ...

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 ...

Once home to pre-colonial empires, Mali is a large, arid, landlocked country in western Africa. For centuries, its northern city of Timbuktu was a center for commerce, culture and learning. But after ...