The Azawad Liberation Front, or FLA, a coalition of separatist armed groups in Mali’s predominately Tuareg north, said on X ... Wassim Nasr, FRANCE 24’s terrorist expert, said the group ...

Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson traveled to the port city of Dakhla, on the West African coast, to launch his budget airline’s ...

President Emmanuel Macron is stepping up diplomatic efforts to address the worsening crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of ...

The Senate on Thursday commenced an investigation into allegations by the Head of State of Niger Republic, Abdourahmane Tchiani accusing Nigeria of colluding with France to cause chaos in his country ...

Many countries had their worst showing in more than a decade in an index released Tuesday that serves as a barometer of ...

France had already handed over its two other military bases — Faya in the north and Abeche in the east of the country ... s presidential palace leaves 19 dead Gunshots are heard near Chad’s ...

During this time, due to contact with traders from North Africa, the Islamic religion became widespread ... The Portuguese transformed the small island of Gore, located near the capital of Senegal, ...

Unlike other former colonial powers, France kept permanent military bases in Africa long after the continent ... made important territorial gains in the north. In 2023 it seized Kidal, the ...

The retreat, which comes amid increasing budget pressure and political upheaval in Paris, is another sign that France’s influence in Africa, where it first established a colonial presence in the ...

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 ...

February 10, 2025: The decades-long French military presence in Africa is declining. While most European nations with a colonial presence in Africa withdrew in the 1960s, France stayed ... Islamic ...

France is planning to reduce public development ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information items daily from over 110 ...