The French military has completed its withdrawal from Senegal, its last West African country with a permanent troop presence, ...

Senegal's chief of the general staff, General Mbaye Cisse, right, and French General Pascal Ianni, who commands France's ...

France handed over control of its last major military facility in Senegal on Thursday, marking the end of its armed forces' ...

France has formally handed over its last military bases in Senegal on Thursday, ending a 65-year presence in the country. The ...

The French military completed its withdrawal from Senegal on July 17 — the last West African country where it maintained a ...

France has handed over the last military base in Senegal to the country’s government. Now France does not have any permanent ...

In a moment heavy with history and symbolism, France has officially ended its decades-long military presence in Senegal, ...

The military camp had been occupied by French forces since Senegal’s independence in 1960 and was still home to 350 troops.

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.

Senegal’s new government has taken a hard-line stance against the presence of French troops as part of a larger regional ...

France has faced opposition from leaders of some of its former colonies in Africa over what they described as a demeaning and ...