While some West African nations are choosing to cement old ties with France and others cultivate a new relationship with ...

It's been a tumultuous month for France and its relationship with former colonies in Africa, as its influence on the ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — It's been a tumultuous month for France and its relationship with former colonies in Africa, as its influence on the continent faces the biggest challenge in decades. As Paris ...

Last week’s state visit to France by President Bola Tinubu was an unusual diplomatic engagement, the first after more than 20 years since a Nigerian leader, Olusegun Obasanjo, undertook that kind of ...

With major powers like China and India asserting their ambitions in the Indian Ocean, France relies on partnerships with like ...

Sir: Millions of Africans have emigrated to Europe, America, and other parts of the world. This emigration is driven by both push and pull factors — economic challenges, political instability, ...

Christophe Premat is a Professor of Francophone Cultural Studies and Director of the Centre for Canadian Studies at Stockholm University. He is also Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Nordic Journal of ...

DAKAR, Senegal — It’s been a tumultuous month for France and its relationship with former colonies in Africa, as its influence on the continent faces the biggest challenge in decades. As Paris was ...

France's influence on Africa faces its biggest challenge in decades. Here, French soldiers secure the area of a 2013 suicide bomber attack in northern Mali. (Jerome Delay/AP) DAKAR, Senegal — It’s ...