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France Withdraws from Senegal; Hands Over Last Two Bases in West Africa | Firstpost Africa | N18G France has officially ended ...
Senegal’s new government has taken a hard-line stance against the presence of French troops as part of a larger regional backlash against what many see as the legacy of an oppressive colonial empire.V ...
Senegal is an independent country, it is a sovereign country, and sovereignty does not accept the presence of military bases in a sovereign country,” President Faye said.
France handed over control of its last major military facility in Senegal on Thursday, marking the end of its armed forces' long presence in the West African country and a milestone in a withdrawal ...
The operations of the French company Eramet through its subsidiary GCO in Senegal are raising serious concerns, not only for ...
France has closed its permanent military bases in Chad and Ivory Coast since early 2025, but no base closure has been officially reported in the Central African Republic. France completed the ...
CAJ Africa, a leading pan-African news agency, successfully organized a roundtable in Dakar, Senegal, bringing together key ...
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 power.
France's government on Wednesday discussed a bill that would streamline the process of returning artworks and cultural ...
France set up a joint commission with Senegal last month to organize the withdrawal, and the French army recently announced it had dismissed 162 Senegalese who worked on military bases in Dakar.