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France racing to build giant army camp for Paris Olympics securityFrance is constructing the largest army camp on its mainland since World War II to accommodate thousands of soldiers for the Paris Olympics...- France sets its military goals as war is back in EuropeMacron is to make a speech on the Dixmude helicopter carrier, docked in the Mediterranean military base of Toulon, which is home to more th...
- Russia 'one of last imperial colonial powers,' says MacronFrench President Emmanuel Macron, on a visit to Benin Wednesday, branded Russia "one of the last imperial colonial powers" for its invasion...
- Algeria bans French military planes from airspace: French armyFrance's jets regularly fly over Algerian territory to reach the Sahel region of western Africa, where its soldiers are helping to battle j...
- As France plans to shrink Sahel force, jihadi threat growsFrance is preparing to reduce its military presence here in West Africa's Sahel region, the vast area south of the Sahara Desert where extr...
- Anti-terror "academy" set up in Ivory CoastIvorian Prime Minister Patrick Achi and his defence minister, Tene Birahima Ouattara, were joined by French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le D...
- The Sahel's intractable conflictFighting in the vast semi-arid region began in 2012, when Islamist militants joined a local insurgency in northern Mali, capturing swathes ...
- French military suspension in Mali hits a struggling armyThe defence ministry in Paris last week announced a "temporary" suspension in military advice and joint operations pending "guarantees" tha...
- France threatens to pull troops out of MaliFrance has around 5,100 troops in the region under its so-called Barkhane operation which spans five countries in the Sahel -- Burkina Faso...
- Explained: Chad's strategic interest to France, Western alliesChad's longtime ruler President Idriss Deby's death, which Paris described as the loss of a courageous friend who had sought peace and stab...
- Military says that Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno killed on battlefieldThe stunning announcement came just hours after electoral officials had declared Deby, 68, the winner of the April 11 presidential election...
- French forces in Mali kill jihadist commander of an Al-Qaeda-aligned groupAg Moussa, alias 'Bamoussa', is "believed to be responsible for several attacks against Malian and international forces," she said in a sta...
- Elite European anti-jihadist force takes first steps in SahelTakuba troops are tasked with supporting elite Malian soldiers, who use motorbikes and pick-up trucks to zip into territory lost to jihadis...
- French airstrikes kill over 50 Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists in central MaliThe offensive took place on Friday in an area near the borders of Burkina Faso and Niger, where government troops are struggling to rout an...
- Extremists see global chaos from virus as an opportunityMessages from the Islamic extremist groups show concern about the virus mixed with bravado, asserting that it is punishment for non-Muslims...
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