Analysis - France has handed over control to the Senegalese government of two military bases in Senegal's capital, Dakar that it has used for decades. The move follows an announcement in late 2024 by ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An attack by a ...

Niger authorities say an attack by a jihadi group on a village in western Niger has killed 44 civilians DAKAR, Senegal -- An attack by a jihadi group on a village in western Niger has killed 44 ...

REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo DAKAR, March 7 (Reuters ... Chad and Mali and food-insecure people in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Nigeria. “The global shrinkage of foreign aid is posing ...

France set up a joint commission with Senegal last month to organize the withdrawal, and the French army recently announced it had dismissed 162 Senegalese who worked on military bases in Dakar.

The withdrawal follows the departure of French forces from Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad and Ivory Coast in recent years. The French embassy in Dakar announced that facilities and housing in the ...

DAKAR, March 7 (Reuters ... Senegal's neighbours Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have all already pushed out French troops and turned to Russia for help fighting jihadist insurgencies on their ...