The defence ministry in Paris last week announced a "temporary" suspension in military advice and joint operations pending "guarantees" tha...

Last month, soldiers detained the president and prime minister of an interim government installed in the wake of a coup in August, provokin...

France's military has been fighting Islamic extremists in Mali since 2013, and the temporary suspension applies only to operations carried ...

France has around 5,100 troops in the region under its so-called Barkhane operation which spans five countries in the Sahel -- Burkina Faso...

Interim president Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were arrested and taken to a military base outside the capital on Monday, trigge...

The detention on Monday of President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, tasked with steering the return to civilian rule after a cou...