Vincent Bolloré built his fortune through ports, railways and logistics networks across Africa. Decades later – despite corruption allegations and an upcoming criminal trial in Paris – the French ...

During a recent trip to Africa, French President Emmanuel Macron pushed for a UN reform proposal that has no chance of success—and would hurt French interests even if it did.

“This is a total lack of respect,” he told a group of young people from the stage ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron attends the Africa Forward Summit at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga) NAIROBI, Kenya ...

Due to colonialism, French influence on the continent has been strongest in central and West African Francophone countries, which include those in the arid Sahel region separating the Sahara from the ...

A lesser-known amphibious landing along France's Mediterranean played a big role in liberating the country from the Nazis. Those troops were under French command, but hailed mostly from Africa. This ...

The G5 Sahel is made up of the defense forces of Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Burkina Faso and Chad. Its goal is to defeat jihadist militants—including affiliates of the Islamic State and al-Qaeda—that ...

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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Leaders from the five countries of West Africa’s Sahel region — Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger — on Tuesday called for intensifying counter-terrorism operations ...

A resolution for joint military action by African and French forces in the Central African Republic was unanimously approved by the U.N. Security Council, hours after Muslim-Christian violence ...