N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation ...

Two months after Chad severed its defence agreement with Paris, the French army has handed over its last military base in the ...

The French army has handed over its last base in Chad in a military ceremony in the capital N'Djamena, the general staffs of ...

The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have officially withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), marking ...

France’s Orano Group has announced the filing of a second arbitration procedure against Niger at the International Centre for ...

Thousands of people rallied in junta-led Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali on Tuesday to back their withdrawal from the Economic ...

France’s military withdrawals provide West African states with a long overdue opportunity to assert their sovereignty. But ...

He said France has long exploited Africa's resources, with significant mining interests in countries such as Niger, Mali and Senegal. "These resources are often granted to France without fair ...

An Austrian woman has been kidnapped in the northern Niger city of Agadez, media and the Austrian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. The ministry said Austria's embassy in Algeria, which is also ...

Since the coup, Niger has urged France and other Western powers to withdraw their military bases and formed a security alliance with junta-led neighbours Mali and Burkina Faso. Reports the airport ...

France has dismissed as “groundless” the claim by Niger Republic that Nigeria had provided space on its territory for France to use in efforts to destabilize the former French colony.