Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has announced the closure of all foreign military bases. Sonko, who did not set out a ...

Senegal has announced the closure of all foreign military bases, without setting a timeline for the exit of foreign ...

Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will begin withdrawing in January as part of a shift towards ...

DAKAR, Senegal — 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 ...

Since the independence of French colonies in Africa, France has maintained a policy of economic, political and military sway ...

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Tuesday sacked a government minister who recently described African soldiers who fought for colonial ruler France as "traitors".

France's military and Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to the announcement. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye last month expressed his desire to close the French bases in Senegal.

France’s military and foreign ministry did not immediately respond to the announcement. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye last month expressed his desire to close the French bases in Senegal.

France has already left Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, and the process of exiting Chad after decades of military cooperation started this month. Senegal's new government, which has been in power ...