France will hand over its only military base in Ivory Coast, its former star colony in west Africa, and both sides say the ...

Senegal distances itself from colonial past, following trend sweeping across West and Central Africa since 2022.

In his New Year’s address, Alassane Ouattara, president of Ivory Coast since 2010—when he took power with the aid of French military intervention—announced, “We have decided on the coordinated and ...

Now there is no public support for sending any more troops to Africa even if they are requested by beleaguered African governments. Those African political crises have been a regular feature of ...

France is preparing to hand Côte d'Ivoire back its only military base in the country in a ceremony on 20 February, further ...

France and Senegal have agreed on a framework for the complete withdrawal of French troops from Senegal by the end of 2025.

The CFA franc (Franc des Colonies Francais d’Afrique) was introduced in 1945, well before France’s decolonization in the late 1950s, as a way for France to control the economies of its African ...

France’s military influence in Africa is waning as its troops have withdrawn from Chad and other ex-colonies, aligning with a ...

Senegal: The westernmost country in West Africa announced in November 2024 that France “should” close its military bases (home to 350 soldiers) by the end of 2025. Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire): A ...

The common CFA franc currency, used by former French colonies in West and Central Africa, has been a big point of controversy. The currency, created in colonial times, is pegged to the French-used ...

further diminishing French influence in West Africa. Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara announced the planned withdrawal in ...