The collapse of direct engagement between the ECOWAS countries and the AES countries is today the main problem for forward movement.

In a major shift in West Africa's security landscape, Ivory Coast and Senegal, regional economic powerhouses, have ordered ...

The troops are expected to leave Ivory Coast this month as France, a former colonial power in West Africa, fast loses ...

Dakar Rally participants know what they're signing up for: a gruelling two-week ordeal they have no guarantee of completing.

Associated Press photographer Christophe Ena's images from the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia capture the speed, driving skill ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — 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 ...

Opinion - France's President Emmanuel Macron behaved like an old colonial officer when he spoke in Paris on January 6 ...

Saikou Jammeh contributed reporting from Dakar, Senegal, and John Eligon from Johannesburg. Ruth Maclean is the West Africa bureau chief for The Times, covering 25 countries including Nigeria ...

Dakar: Senegal announced on Friday its decision ... is consistent with the prevailing trend among most new leaders in West Africa and the African Sahel region. In recent years, France has lost ...

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Senegalese and Chadian leaders say the ousting of French troops from their territories was their sovereign decision, ...