France officially ended its decades-long military presence in Chad, its last stronghold in the West African region. The shift ...

The three junta-led West African nations, who have come together to form the Alliance of Sahel States (ASS) after their coups ...

French President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to “reset” France’s relationship with its former African colonies appear to be ...

The French president’s attitude towards Africa has been an ongoing headache for his diplomats on the continent, who find ...

The “imazighen”, an indigenous population of North Africa, celebrate between2 and 14 the Berber New Year, a marked ancestral date of this diverse local culture, only officially recognized in recent ...

"There will soon be no more French soldiers in Senegal," Faye told French daily Le Monde in November ... The security situation in the Sahel — a region south of the Sahara desert, stretching from ...

This established what is now known as the Alliance of Sahel States or Alliance des États du Sahel (AES). In a joint statement released in January 2024, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger outlined ...

Sunderland have agreed a deal to sign Enzo Le Fee from Roma, it has been claimed. The 24-year-old, who joined the Serie A side for £19million from Rennes in July, is set for a reunion for Regis ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, father of Marine Le Pen and the defining figure of France’s postwar far-right movement, has died at the age of 96, according to French network BFMTV. From founding the ...

PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch ...

On Monday, Macron said that Sahel states "forgot" to thank France for its role, amid the continuing withdrawal of French troops from West African countries. He said no Sahelian nation would be a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For half a century, Jean-Marie Le Pen, the National Front founder who has died at the age of 96, remained ...