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 ...

Over the years, the Djibouti base has served as a base of operations for some of France's many military interventions on the continent: "No fewer than 52 [...] between 1964 and 2014, which earned ...

Because of the opportunity to run anti-piracy missions in addition to counterterrorism and myriad other activities, the United States, France, Japan, and Italy all maintain bases in Djibouti. The ...

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.

Djibouti’s veteran leader in Paris for talks on France’s military base "We wanted to develop our model where, in many countries, we had established historical foundations. We wanted to rethink ...

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 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.

Djibouti, where the French president is visiting, remains home to a French military base with 1,500 soldiers, making it the largest in Africa following a string of setbacks for France in the Sahel ...

The Niger government gave American and French drones operating in or over Niger permission to carry Hellfire missiles and other guided weapons inside Niger. For the most part this means U.S. and ...

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.