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France on Back Foot in Africa

‘Slap in the face’ for Macron as France loses foothold in Africa

On Thursday night, France’s foreign minister left Chad confident about its ongoing military relationship with its last strategic partner in the Sahel.Yet shortly after Jean-Noël Barrot took off for Paris from the capital N’Djamena,

Reuters · 1d

France on the back foot in Africa after Chadian snub

A French plan to significantly reduce its military presence in West and central Africa risks backfiring and further diminishing the former colonial power's influence in the region at a time when Russia is gaining ground.

The New York Times · 1d

France Loses its Longtime Military Partner in Africa, Chad

The decision by Chad is another blow to what remained of France’s military influence in the troubled stretch of countries below the Sahara, where Russia’s influence has been growing.

Senegal, French colonial and Thiaroye massacre

ABC · 5h

Senegal demands answers as it commemorates French colonial massacre

Biram Senghor regularly goes to pay his respects at a military cemetery in Thiaroye, a fishing village near Senegal’s capital of Dakar, bowing in front of a different grave each time

The Washington Post · 12h

Senegal demands answers as the West African country commemorates a French colonial massacre

Biram Senghor regularly goes to pay his respects at a military cemetery in Thiaroye, a fishing village near Senegal’s capital of Dakar, bowing in front of a different grave each time

BBC on MSN · 1d

France admits colonial 'massacre', says Senegal's leader

Those who died were part of the Tirailleurs Senegalais unit, recruited at the start of World War Two to help defend France, the colonial power. On returning to Senegal in 1944 man

French army's forced retreat from Africa continues

Chad's announcement that it is breaking off its defense agreement with Paris, followed by Senegal's declaration that it plans ...

Peace FM Online20h

French Military Presence In Senegal And chad: The Rupture Of Military Ties

In recent days, international politics have once again escalated against the backdrop of Chad and Senegal's decision to break ...

Radio France Internationale2d

Nigerian businesses court French investors during Tinubu's landmark visit

President Bola Tinubu's state visit to France brings a delegation of Nigerian business leaders seeking new investment in ...

1don MSN

Key Western Counterterrorism Ally in Africa Cuts Military Ties With France

Chad is the latest country in the troubled Sahel region to break with its former colonial power, a move that will likely ...

Bassirou Diomaye Faye: 'There will soon be no more French troops in Senegal'

In an interview with Le Monde, the Senegalese president, an advocate of sovereigntist policy, discusses the 1944 Thiaroye massacre and the relationship he intends to forge with France, whose influence ...

LEADERSHIP Newspaper10d

Interrogating French Military Presence In Africa

The French military presence in Africa remains one of the most controversial issues, attracting much criticism.

Radio France Internationale3h

Senegal mourns Thiaroye war heroes slain by French troops 80 years ago

Senegal commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre on Sunday, honouring the African riflemen killed by French ...

Yen on MSN6h

French club Stade Rennais dedicates Saint Etienne win to Ghana defender Alidu Seidu

Stade Rennais paid tribute to injured Ghana defender Alidu Seidu during their big win over Saint Etienne in the French Ligue ...

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