After being forced to withdraw its troops from the Sahel region in West Africa, France’s president said on Friday that its military base in Djibouti could assume a great role.

French soldiers during training in the desert of Ali Sabieh, Djibouti, in January 2021. DAPHNE BENOIT / AFP French forces were successively pushed out of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger between 2022 ...

He added that France’s Indo-Pacific strategy “could not work without the French forces in Djibouti”. Macron told French troops on Friday that the base could take on a greater importance as ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has highlighted the significance of France's military base in Djibouti as essential to its Indo-Pacific strategy during a stop-over visit to the country, where he ...

France’s President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh as he arrives for a meeting, at the presidential palace in Djibouti, on Saturday.

France still maintains permanent military bases in Djibouti, Gabon, Ivory Coast, and Senegal. Djibouti, home to 1,500 French troops, is considered France's most significant military hub in Africa.

Eight deported "migrants" who had been held at a U.S. military base in Djibouti are bound for South Sudan aboard a military ...

The France-Djibouti Business Group (GAFD) was created in November 2017. This forum, run by 25 businesspeople from France and Djibouti, aims to promote a shared ambition to ... which make up our ...

A French base in Djibouti, which hosts 1,500 troops, is being developed as a launching pad for future missions in Africa ...

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