Senegal President Bassirou Diyomaye Faye has set up a government agency to rename Senegalese street names, a sign of the ...

New project set to rename public spaces bearing names of colonial officers as Dakar distances itself from France.

In Senegal, streets named after French colonial figures are being changed to names of prominent people from Senegal. The move comes as the West African country is rethinking its ties with France and ...

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 ...

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

France officially ended its decades-long military presence in Chad, its last stronghold in the West African region. The shift ...