Senegalese and Chadian leaders said that the ousting of French troops from their territories was their sovereign decision, ...

Emmanuel Macron had said African leaders had not thanked France for ‘helping to combat’ insurgencies - Anadolu Ajansı ...

French soldiers were deployed for a decade to fight an Islamist insurgency in its former colonial territory of the Sahel ...

President Macron accused some African countries of “forgetting to tell us thank you” for the role French military in fighting ...

DAKAR, Senegal -- Senegal has announced the closure of all foreign military bases, without setting a timeline for the exit of ...

President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday faced an angry backlash from France's remaining allies in West Africa and accusations at ...

Chad's foreign affairs minister on Monday accused French President Emmanuel Macron of showing contempt after he said African leaders had "forgotten to say thank you" to France for helping to combat ...

In Senegal, a country bustling with French-owned businesses and nationals, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s recent announcement that France should shut down its military bases should have come ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal's prime minister said Friday the government was closing “all foreign military bases,” an announcement essentially aimed at France, the West African nation's former ...

France’s military and foreign ministry did not immediately respond to the announcement. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye last month expressed his desire to close the French bases in Senegal.

Chad’s Foreign Minister, Abderaman Koulamallah, condemned Macron’s remarks as “disrespectful” to Africans and highlighted ...