And that had followed increasingly anti-French sentiment and protests in the Sahel: France was forced to withdraw its troops from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger by those countries’ military-led ...

It is the latest echo of a larger trend that’s seen French troops withdraw or be expelled from its former sphere of influence, losing diplomatic and military weight in countries France had ...

Warrior, famously called "the horse the Germans couldn't kill," became a symbol of courage and loyalty during World War I.

France has finally ended its 60-year military presence in Chad by closing its last military base there. Kosseï camp in the capital N'Djamena was also the last of its bases in the Sahel ...

France's military AI chief told POLITICO. "We have to do everything related to algorithms, training and models. It's the very basics. Otherwise, there is no point in setting up an agency," Bertrand ...

Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced on 31 December 2024 that all foreign military bases in his country would close by 2025. On the same day, the Ivorian president said France ...

If his family can’t be found, researchers said, his remains will be reburied at a German military cemetery in eastern France. Soissons is in northern France, about a 70-mile drive northeast from ...

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… ...

France is preparing to hand Côte d'Ivoire back its only military base in the country in a ceremony on 20 February, further diminishing French influence in West Africa. Ivorian President Alassane ...

In a few days, France will hand over its only military base in Ivory Coast, its former star colony in West Africa, and both sides say the run-up is proceeding seamlessly without any rancour.