DAKAR (Reuters) -At dawn on June 1, gunfire shattered the stillness of Mali's military base in Boulkessi. Some troops, ...

At dawn on June 1, gunfire shattered the stillness of Mali's military base in Boulkessi. Waves of jihadist insurgents from an ...

Hosts Morocco are expected to storm into the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations semifinals at the expense of Mali when the ...

Senegal's chief of the general staff, General Mbaye Cisse, right, and French General Pascal Ianni, who commands France's ...

France hands back military bases, ending its decades-long presence in West Africa amid growing regional security challenges.

The French military has completed its withdrawal from Senegal, its last West African country with a permanent troop presence, amid waning regional influence.

France’s exit from Senegal marks the end of the former colonizer’s decades-long military presence in West and Central Africa ...

Known for its mud-brick architecture, the town of Djenné is struggling to attract tourists and maintain buildings that have been damaged by floods ...

France on Thursday officially handed over its last two military bases in Senegal, marking the end of a 65-year military ...

Holders South Africa and nine-time champions Nigeria are among the big-hitters in the Wafcon 2024 quarter-finals.

- Leader of Mali's ruling junta Lt. Col. Assimi Goita, center, attends an independence day military parade in Bamako, Mali on Sept. 22, 2022.