Senegal and France will set up a joint commission to organize the departure of French troops from Senegal and the restitution of French military bases by the end of 2025, the foreign ministers of both ...

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 ...

Hers is one of more than 600 classes in Senegal that have been testing a new program of teaching English in kindergartens and ...

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

Dozens - perhaps hundreds - of West African troops who fought for France in World War Two were killed. The departure of Aliou Cisse as Senegal boss after almost a decade in charge and ...

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

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye told AFP on November 28, 2024 that France should close its military bases in the West African state as it prepared to mark the 80th anniversary of a ...

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.

Dakar and Paris are setting up a joint commission to arrange the departure of French troops from Senegal's territory by the ...

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