Despite their citizens being among Africa’s poorest, Mali, Niger,and Burkina Faso boast mineral riches beyond the dreams of most nations. All three Sahel countries have sizable gold deposits, and ...

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso no longer orient themselves towards France or Western business interests. As demand for raw ...

France and Senegal have reached an agreement for the full withdrawal of French troops stationed in Senegal by the end of 2025 ...

By Femi Falana Between 1983 and 1987, the radical military regime of Captain Thomas Sankara changed the colonial name of Upper Volta to Burkina Faso. While the courts bequeathed by the former ...

France’s influence in Africa is weakening, but it hasn’t disappeared. While political ties are fading, its economic grip ...

France will hand over its only military base in Ivory Coast, its former star colony in west Africa, and both sides say the ...

The CFA franc (Franc des Colonies Francais d’Afrique) was introduced in 1945, well before France’s decolonization in the late 1950s, as a way for France to control the economies of its African ...

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 ...

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — 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 ...

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

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