French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent remarks about African countries’ “ingratitude” for France’s role in counterterrorism have reignited debates over France’s diminishing influence in Africa. At ...

Over the past decade, France has been forced out of over 70 percent of the African nations where it once maintained a ...

In the video, the expression on the face of French President Emmanuel Macron is unsmiling, maybe even frustrated. "I think they forgot to say ‘thank you,'" Macron says. He adds, more directly: "I say ...

France's reputation in its former African colonies has been tainted for a while. A recent speech by President Emmanuel Macron ...

Emmanuel Macron's frustration has clearly been poorly received by his African counterparts. On Tuesday, January 7, African leaders, first and foremost Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno ...

Senegal and Chad have reacted strongly to remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron about African countries being ungrateful over France's role in helping fight militant jihadist insurgencies.

Sonko strongly dismissed Macron's claims about the position of France in Senegal too. "I must emphasise that, in the case of Senegal, this assertion is entirely incorrect," he wrote on social media.

The Senegalese prime minister and the Chadian foreign minister have condemned claims made by Emmanuel Macron regarding negotiations about the withdrawal of French troops from several African countries ...

Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko also denounced Macron's claim of "ungratefulness" among African leaders, after he allegedly told diplomats that some leaders on the continent would not be in ...

President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday faced an angry backlash from France's remaining allies in West Africa and accusations at home of showing a neo-colonialist attitude after lamenting that African ...

Senegalese and Chadian leaders say the ousting of French troops from their territories was their sovereign decision, rejecting remarks from French President Emmanuel Macron that suggested otherwise ...