President Mahamat Idriss Deby on Friday welcomed the "definitive and complete departure" of French forces from Chad which ...

The handover of the last French military base in Chad and the Sahel marks a loss of influence for Paris and European ...

France has handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities. The move on Thursday came two months after the ...

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

Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon, and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat zones — during the French-Indochina war ...

The two H225Ms are the first of eight helicopters ordered in 2021 and will replace Pumas currently in service with French ...

About 100 French troops left the Abeche base in Chad early Saturday as part of an agreement to withdraw its military forces, said Chadian authorities. “The General Staff of the Armed Forces ...

African governments have criticized a speech by French President Emmanuel Macron in which he said that some leaders showed “ingratitude” for the deployment of his nation’s troops in the Sahel region ...

French forces will begin withdrawing from Ivory Coast starting in January, President Alassane Ouattara said on Tuesday, marking another step in the former colonial power’s military retreat from ...

As France prepares to hand over its military base in Port-Bouët to the Ivorian army by the end of January, local shopkeepers are worried about how the departure of French soldiers will hurt their ...

French forces have withdrawn from Chad after 65 years, although France maintains that military cooperation will continue.