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

France returned Camp Geille, its largest base in Senegal, and its airfield at Dakar’s airport in a ceremony on Thursday ...

Senegal is an independent country, it is a sovereign country, and sovereignty does not accept the presence of military bases ...

France officially ended 65 years of permanent military presence in Senegal with a symbolic handover of its last two military ...

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

Senegal's new PM Ousmane Sonko, who was released from jail weeks prior to this year's presidential election and drove his party to victory, has criticized France's military presence in the country.

The government of Senegal said on Friday that it has deployed the military in the capital, Dakar, and other cities and shut down social media platforms in response to Thursday’s deadly clashes ...

FILE - Members of a French military flight crew talk on the tarmac at France's military air base in Dakar, Senegal, on June 2, 2009. Senegal announced on Dec. 27, 2024, the closure of all foreign ...

DAKAR (Reuters) -At least 30 decomposing bodies were found in a boat drifting around 70 km (38 nautical miles) off the coast of Senegal's capital Dakar, the military said on Monday. The navy was ...

Senegal, which gained independence from France in 1960, is widely viewed as one of the most stable democracies in West Africa, but concern that President Macky Sall may try to run for a third term ...

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 ...