For years after African nations got independence, France maintained a web of political and business ties with its former colonies, often in effect propping up corrupt governments or dictators for ...

Representations of wartime experiences figure prominently in the work of writers and film-makers such as Sembene and Glissant. Bringing together political, cultural and literary topics, this issue ...

FRENCH: Francafrique is a dense network of political ties, patronage, business interests and corruption that link - in surprisingly resilient ways - France to its former African possessions.

Niger has become the latest country in West Africa where the army has seized control, following Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, and Chad - all former French colonies. Since 1990, a striking 78% of the ...

N'DJAMENA: A contingent of 120 soldiers left Chad on Dec 20 marking the beginning of France's troop withdrawal from one of the last former colonies where it still maintained a military presence.

France’s presence in Africa is focused largely on its former colonies. During painful process of decolonisation in the 1960s and 1970s, “La Grande Nation” never lost sight of its own interests.

After decades of wielding political, military and economic power across Africa, France is scaling back its presence on the continent as it faces significant resentment in many African countries.