Djibouti hosts the largest American permanent military base in Africa Djibouti, a small country on the Red Sea, is already home to military bases from the US and France, the former colonial power ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

France condemns the attack on the Garabtisan military base that was carried out by an armed group on the evening of October 6 and stands in solidarity with the people and the authorities of Djibouti.