The French military completed its withdrawal from Senegal on Thursday, the last West African country where it maintained a ...

Senegal’s new government has taken a hard-line stance against the presence of French troops as part of a larger regional ...

The first ancient Greek colonies were established as early as the 8th century BC, while wide colonization continued through ...

During the 1950s and ’60s, France waged a brutal colonial war in Cameroon while managing to keep it largely shielded from scrutiny. The American historian Caroline Elkins refers to the silence that ...

France has indicated a willingness to engage in discussions regarding possible reparations for atrocities committed by its ...

France has closed its permanent military bases in Chad and Ivory Coast since early 2025, but no base closure has been ...

Between 1632 and 1760, over 700 Indigenous children were enslaved in New France, treated as property to be bought and sold.

France has handed over the last military base in Senegal to the country’s government. Now France does not have any permanent ...

The agreement does not grant France’s 172 years-old Pacific colony independence, either immediately or in the future.

Senegal is an independent country, it is a sovereign country, and sovereignty does not accept the presence of military bases ...

The Baku Initiative Group (BIG), in collaboration with international researchers, has released a comprehensive new study ...

France on Thursday formally handed back its last two military bases in Senegal, leaving Paris with no permanent army camps in ...