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France, Africa

What France loses by closing its military bases in Africa

Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced on 31 December 2024 that all foreign military bases in his country would close by 2025. On the same day, the Ivorian president said France would hand over control of

The Conversation on MSN · 2d

France’s military withdrawal presents opportunities and risks to West African states

Cte dIvoire announced that French troops would be withdrawing from the country and the military base of Port-Bout would be handed over to Cte dIvoires army. The announcement is part of a seismic shift

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

France Hands Over Last Military Base in Chad

Chad has been a key counterterrorism force in the region and was one of the last countries in which France maintained a large military presence. French forces have been ousted in recent years from Niger,

Euronews on MSN · 52m

France's military forced out of Sahel region as it closes base in Chad

France no longer has a military base in Chad

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France completes transfer of final base in Chad

France has handed over its last military base in the West African country of Chad to the locals. ・France has handed over its last military base in Chad to the Chadian government. ・Chad has chosen to cut its involvement with Western powers and ended a military pact with France.

Chad officials say French troops have finally left after 70 years’ presence

Chad's President Field Marshal Mahamat Idriss Deby says this week’s departure of the last French troops from the central ...

Al Jazeera on MSN14h

With France’s military influence in Africa gone, can it rely on soft power?

French troops completed their withdrawal from Chad this week before a January 31 deadline, the latest blow to France’s ...

MyJoyOnline2d

Dr Muhammad Dan Suleiman: France still (Con)descends on Africa

French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent remarks about African countries’ "ingratitude" for France’s role in ...

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Chad leader welcomes 'complete' departure of French forces

President Mahamat Idriss Deby on Friday welcomed the "definitive and complete departure" of French forces from Chad which ...

The Independent1mon

Ivory Coast asks French troops to leave, the latest African country to do so

Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decadeslong military presence, the latest African nation to downscale military ties with its former colonial ...

Anadolu Ajansi3d

African countries condemn attack on embassies in Congo

Demonstrators accuse embassies of being allies of Rwanda whom they blame for supporting M23 rebels that claimed to have taken ...

CounterPunch4d

A New Military Strategy of French Neocolonialism in Africa: Reorganizing Under the Cover Retreat

“Senegal is an independent country, it is a sovereign country ... to lead the most important French neocolony in West Africa,” addedEkissi. Taking advantage of the discontent that had been ...

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