She was the first woman to fly rescue missions in a combat zone, in Indochina and Algeria. She was also the first Frenchwoman ...

France has handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities. The move on Thursday came two months after the ...

Key drone innovation forum for the French Army features eBee VISION flight demonstrationWICHITA, Kan., Feb. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ...

The French Army received its first Griffon Mortier Embarqué Pour l'Appui au Contact (MEPAC) 6×6 self-propelled 120 mm mortar ...

The last French troops left the N'djamena military base they occupied for about 70 years this week, continuing France’s reduced military presence in West Africa. Chad's President Field Marshal ...

The French army has handed over its last base in Chad in a military ceremony in the capital N'Djamena, the general staffs of both countries announced Thursday. The central African country in late ...

In his New Year’s address, Alassane Ouattara, president of Ivory Coast since 2010—when he took power with the aid of French military intervention—announced, “We have decided on the ...

The French military base in Abidjan will officially be handed over to Ivory Coast on February 20 during a ceremony attended ...

In December 2024, the French procurement agency (DGA) ordered new surface to air missiles (SAM) and counter UAS (C-UAS) ...

This decision was part of an historic regional trend: since 2022 with the French army withdrawing from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. The withdrawals could also continue; in recent weeks ...

On Thursday, the French army handed the Adij Kossei base – its last military compound in Chad – over to Chadian authorities, with President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno welcoming what he called ...