Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the interim leader of Burkina Faso, rose to power in September 2022 after leading a coup against ...

As France hands back another base in Africa, experts question the future of its security cooperation on the continent and ...

At its peak, about 1,000 French soldiers were stationed at the base to combat jihadist threats across the region. Despite the ...

France said on Thursday it would keep 80 military personnel in Ivory Coast largely for training purposes, as it handed over control of a military base in the commercial capital amid a scaling back of ...

Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in ...

France retains 80 military personnel in Ivory Coast for training as it hands over a military base, reducing its presence amid ...

African countries have had nine successful military coups since 2020. In west and central Africa, there have been at least 10 ...

Western media, particularly the French, have launched a massive disinformation campaign against West African countries such ...

In 2022, a France-based NGO, Promediation ... Ghana" and from "many" ethnic groups were joining the insurgency in Burkina Faso. "Some are fighting for jihad. Some are doing it for business ...

France has said it would retain 80 military personnel in Côte d'Ivoire as it hands over control of a military base in the ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast officially took control of the last remaining French military base in the country on Thursday as the majority of French forces departed from countries across ...