French troop withdrawal in West Africa signals the end of 'Françafrique' and shifts geopolitical dynamics with Russia and China.

China could be driven to bolster its support for stability in West Africa and the Sahel after the deadly attack in Chad, ...

France on Saturday handed over its second army base in Chad as part of an agreement with the country's authorities to ...

In keeping with a 35-year-long unbroken tradition, where China's foreign minister's first official visit at the beginning of ...

Nigeria faces serious environmental challenges, including deforestation, desertification, coastal erosion, flooding, ...

The previous expulsion of French troops from the region saw countries invite and embrace alternative partners like Russia and ...

Chad orders French troops to leave within ... embassy representative Fabien Talon said at the event. The central African country, one of the poorest in the world, was the last Sahel nation to ...

It was the latest in a worsening security situation, not just in Chad but in many countries across West Africa and the Sahel – a semi-arid region south of the Sahara desert. China has extensive ...

Abéché (Chad) (AFP) – France on Saturday handed over its second army base in Chad as part of an agreement with the country's authorities to withdraw its military forces. The central African ...

Chad is a landlocked country in northern-central Africa which, since gaining independence from France in 1960, has seen frequent periods of instability and fighting, most recently between ...

France starts 2025 with a further drawdown of its military presence in its former African colonies, and fresh tensions ...