Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president on Thursday, ending a more than two-year vacancy and marking a ...

with a focus on co-ordination of military and defence areas, were at the centre of talks on Monday between His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme ...

Ivory Coast has announced that French troops will withdraw from the West African nation, further reducing the military influence of the former colonial power in the region. In an end-of-year ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Senegal’s then-opposition leader Ousmane Sonko adresses supporters in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, March 14 ...

Although Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko did not specifically name French troops, no other foreign forces have military bases in Senegal. France has suffered similar setbacks in several West African ...

French troops and combat aircraft maintained their presence even after independence in 1960 to train Chadian military personnel. But since consolidating his position, Déby has veered away from ...

Ribadu said the revelation made by Tiani came as a shock and surprise to them. The Nigerian government has refuted allegations made by General Abdourahamane Tiani, the head of state in Niger ...

France has handed over its first military base as part of the withdrawal of its military forces from Chad, the French and Chadian militaries said Thursday. Chad's military chief of staff said the ...

The troops will then travel back to France in the coming weeks. A French military official stated that the handover was in line with the schedule organised with N'Djamena. Officials in Chad added ...

Chad last month ended military cooperation with its former colonial power, and French troops began leaving the country last week. France currently has about 1,000 soldiers as well as warplanes ...

They follow the ousting of French forces in recent years by military-led governments in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, where local sentiments turned sour following years of French forces fighting ...

Nearly three years into full-scale war with Russia, Ukraine's military has morphed significantly ... Elsewhere, Ukraine has used British- and French-supplied Storm Shadow missiles, also referred ...