The Senegalese prime minister and the Chadian foreign minister have condemned claims made by Emmanuel Macron regarding negotiations about the withdrawal of French troops from several African countries ...

Senegalese and Chadian leaders say the ousting of French troops from their territories was their sovereign decision, rejecting remarks from French President Emmanuel Macron that suggested otherwise.

France’s military and foreign ministry did not immediately respond to the announcement. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye last month expressed his desire to close the French bases in Senegal.

Several African nations have expelled French troops, signaling a significant decline in the former colonial power’s influence ...

Naturally, France backed off and could only play its hands on its former colonies from faraway Europe. Successes were ...

France has already left Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, and the process of exiting Chad after decades of military cooperation started this month. Senegal's new government, which has been in power ...

France starts 2025 with a further drawdown of its military presence in its former African colonies, and fresh tensions ...

Senegal’s prime minister said on Friday that the government is closing “all foreign military bases,” an announcement essentially aimed at France, the West African nation’s former colonial ...

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Faye's statement came a month after he announced that former colonial master France would have to close its military bases in Senegal. "I have instructed the minister for the armed forces to ...

France's military and Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to the announcement. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye last month expressed his desire to close the French bases in Senegal.

France's military and Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to the announcement. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye last month expressed his desire to close the French bases in Senegal.