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. Over time, the significance of this presence has diminished. By the end of the 20th ...

Maps Maponyane takes fans on an unforgettable journey through Paris, exploring the city’s rich culture, delightful cuisine ...

France’s military presence in French-speaking Africa has evolved in strategic importance over the past 65 years. Over time, the significance of this presence has diminished. By the end of the ...

It is also a worrying sign that M23’s patron, Rwanda, may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region—and, in doing so, risk another catastrophic African war. The origins of ...

to lead the most important French neocolony in West Africa,” addedEkissi. Taking advantage of the discontent that had been brewing in the Muslim north, which had for decades felt marginalized ...

Of the 300 million French speakers in the world by 2022, close to 50 percent lived in Africa, according to the Organisation of French-Speaking Countries. There are more French speakers in the ...

France starts 2025 with a further drawdown of its military presence in its former African colonies, and fresh tensions ignited this week with controversial remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent remarks about African countries’ "ingratitude" for France’s role in counter-terrorism have reignited debates over France’s diminishing influence ...

After more than a year of Covid restrictions, French entrepreneurs are heading back to Tripoli. They now face the task of washing away years of suspicions over French interests in Tripoli, a distrust ...

The announcement is part of a seismic shift in France’s decades-long presence across francophone Africa. It is the latest echo of a larger trend that’s seen French troops withdraw or be ...

Nearly a decade ago, French President Emmanuel Macron made a radical commitment to return art and cultural objects to Africa. It set off a moment of reckoning across cultural institutions in ...