For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier ...

The handover of the last French military base in Chad and the Sahel marks a loss of influence for Paris and European ...

French President Emmanuel Macron last week slammed ... as well as retainers for security services, in CAR, Sudan and Mali,” the report said. In 2022, CNN also investigated Russia’s plunder ...

Niger, along with its neighbors Mali and Burkina Faso ... the ruling juntas have expelled French forces and turned to Russia’s mercenary units for security assistance. Mody also said the ...

As a leading member of ECOWAS, Nigeria contributed forces to the African-led International Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA), collaborating with French and other African troops to reclaim key ...

Six months after Mali banned French funding for NGOs, how are aid groups coping? The Tuareg uprising is considered by some in Bamako to have paved the way for radical Islamist groups to surpass ...

Wagner could not immediately be reached. Wagner fighters have been in Mali since the army seized power in two coups in 2020 and 2021 and kicked out French and U.N. troops. They have been ...

After expelling French troops, the military leaders of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have moved closer to Russia. The Kremlin has mercenaries deployed across the Sahel who have been accused of ...

Ivory Coast announced that French troops will leave the country after a decadeslong military presence, the latest African nation to downscale military ties with its former colonial power.

About 1,000 French soldiers were deployed to the 43rd ... in the wider Sahel region after being forced to pull out of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger which have pivoted towards Russia in recent ...

French troops were sent to Mali in 2013 in response to an Islamist insurgency. A year later the mission was extended to take in other countries in the region, including Niger and Burkina Faso.