France was recently asked to leave Chad, and its relations in central and West Africa are increasingly weak. With Russian ...

Unlike in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, where military juntas have expelled French and American ... and Frederick Lugard, a key colonial administrator in Africa. Lugard also played a central ...

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 ...

French administrations have acknowledged ... that France is "losing influence in the world, particularly in Africa. Its former colonies are turning their backs on it". Macron can go some way ...

Niger Drops French As Official Language After Mali, Burkina Faso | Firstpost Africa | N18G Niger has officially designated ...