As countries continue to pivot from France, Paris too has begun implementing a new Africa strategy launched in late 2024: There are plans to permanently reduce troop presence in countries that have ...

THE renewed attacks by armed bandit groups and the intensified violence by Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa leave civilians in North-East Nigeria at risk of atrocity crimes. For nearly ...

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...

France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities as African nations have grown closer to Moscow.

France has handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities. The move on Thursday came two months after the ...

Burkina Faso has joined Chad and Senegal in vociferously criticising French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments last week on Africa. Burkina Faso’s Junta Chief, Ibrahim Traore, said that Macron had ...

At the end of November, Chad announced that it will end its defense ... Several former French colonies, including Niger, Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast have asked France to pull ...

“The summit will also feature the signing of National Energy Compacts by 14 countries, including Mali, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Chad, Liberia, Nigeria, Niger, ...

Mike Ejiofor, former Director of Director of the Department of State Services (DSS) has described President Bola Tinubu’s appointment of Folashade Arinola Adekaiyaoja as Deputy Director General ...

The meeting also provided an opportunity for the two leaders to discuss bilateral cooperation and celebrate the strong ties between Chad and Burkina Faso, the statement added. Chad will be the guest ...

A Catholic charity has made it possible for a diocese in Burkina Faso to provide six months' basic food supply to impoverished IDPs (internally displaced persons). Bishop Joseph Sama of Nouna has ...

Burkina Faso has been under army rule since January ... have expelled French military bases, while Ivory Coast, Chad and Senegal have demanded the withdrawal of French forces.