The 112th Tour will take place entirely within France and features a late twist when the peloton finally arrives in Paris ...

Paris - Thanks to the enlightened vision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, the Kingdom of Morocco is today establishing itself as "Africa’s leading country", stated Christian Cambon, President of the ...

President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that France's military bases in Africa will gradually be co-run with their host nations, after Paris suffered a series of setbacks in its former sphere of ...

It is well known that in order to secure French influence on the upper part of the river, a fort was constructed in 1855 at Medina, a point situated about 15 hours' navigation from Bakel, and ...

Elsewhere in Africa the drive toward freedom moved on. Last week, 18 months after France granted them autonomy, two French Community members extracted from France formal agreements granting them ...

Unlike other former colonial powers, France kept permanent military bases in Africa long after the continent’s countries won their independence.

What advantages could France lose by withdrawing its troops from African countries? France's military presence in French-speaking Africa has evolved in strategic importance over the past 65 years.

A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has released Africa's first high-resolution rice distribution map, featuring a resolution ...

Once a key link in France's military presence in Africa, Chad was its last foothold in the wider Sahel region after the forced withdrawal of French troops from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.

Coup leaders have ignored the deadline and closed Niger's airspace as the former French colony awaits the next move from Ecowas amid fears that the crisis could spark a war in Africa. A graphic ...

Sir: The recent expulsions of French troops from West African countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Ivory Coast, mark a significant shift in the regional dynamics. This development presents ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 as a massacre ...