On the same day, the Ivorian president said France would hand over control of the Abidjan military base to his country's army. France's military presence in French-speaking Africa has evolved in ...

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 would ...

The French army has handed over its last base in Chad in a military ceremony in the capital N'Djamena ... in line with a ...

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

France’s military presence in French-speaking Africa has evolved in strategic importance over the past 65 years ... relied on the resources of the French base in Djibouti. Without these logistical ...

President Mahamat Idriss Deby on Friday welcomed the "definitive and complete departure" of French forces from Chad which ...

Since 2017, the Americans and the French, who have a strong military presence in Djibouti, have been operating in the vicinity of China's only base abroad, which is designed to be an armed bridgehead ...

A ceremony marking the entry of troops into the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA ... and social development of Djibouti and enables China to make new and greater contributions to safeguarding ...