DAKAR, Senegal — It’s been a tumultuous month for France and its relationship with former colonies in Africa, as its influence on the continent faces the biggest challenge in decades. As Paris was ...

Macron confirms plans for a $12 billion nuclear aircraft carrier, Europe’s largest warship, to replace Charles de Gaulle by ...

FILE - Members of a French military flight crew talk on the tarmac at France's military air base in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File) DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The ...

Trump continues to antagonize the United States’ traditional European allies, deriding them as he did in an interview with POLITICO earlier this month as “weak” and a “decaying group of nations.” And ...

France is openly reinforcing a military strategy that rejects NATO standardization, prioritizing autonomy, spe ...

French President Emmanuel Macron is poised to unveil a new national military service plan on Thursday, aiming to bolster the nation's armed forces amidst escalating concerns over Russia's threat to ...

France began withdrawing its military forces from Chad on Tuesday, starting with the departure of two Mirage fighter jets from the capital, N'Djamena, signaling a significant shift in its ...

French Barkhane Air Force mechanics maintain a Mirage 2000 on the Niamey, Niger base on June 5, 2021. France will end its 1,500-strong military presence in Niger after its democratically elected ...

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country as a result of the coup that removed the ...

PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country as a result of the coup that removed the ...

DAKAR, Senegal — It's been a tumultuous month for France and its relationship with former colonies in Africa, as its influence on the continent faces the biggest challenge in decades. As Paris was ...