A Gabonese squadron halts to salute a French colonel at one of France's last military bases in Africa which is now "shared" ...

France has handed over control to the Senegalese government of two military bases in Senegal’s capital, Dakar that it has ...

The French military presence has similarly decreased in Ivory Coast and Gabon, as part of a restructuring plan in west and central Africa. At the end of February, France handed over the military ...

The French army therefore does not exist either for revenge or for conquest ... In 1935, France had to maintain an overseas army (armée d'outre-mer) of 210,000 effectives in North Africa, Syria and ...

"Together with rising anti-French sentiments ... growing military presence, such as army and naval bases in Libya and Africa. "Turkey is expanding too much. This is called overstretch in ...

The French government has said it wants to reorganize its military presence in Africa and withdrew troops from Ivory Coast on February 20. Soldiers involved in anti-jihadist operations have also ...