FILE - Members of a French military flight crew talk on the tarmac at France's military air base in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File) DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The ...

Bassirou Diomaye Faye after being sworn in as Senegal's President at an exhibition centre in the new town of Diamniadio near the capital Dakar on April 2, 2024. [AFP] Senegal's President Bassirou ...

Senegal's chief of the general staff, General Mbaye Cisse, right, and French General Pascal Ianni, who commands France's troops in Africa, salute as the Senegalese flag is raised during a ceremony to ...

In a historic shift, Senegal on Thursday, July 17, 2025, reclaimed control of the last two French military bases on its soil, officially ending France’s 65-year presence in the West African nation.

Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye poses for a portrait inside the Presidential Palace in Dakar on November 28, 2024. Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye told AFP on November 28, 2024 ...

France on Thursday formally handed back its last two military bases in Senegal, leaving Paris with no permanent army camps in either west or central Africa. Ending the French army's 65 years in ...

France handed over to Senegal a military base used by its army on Tuesday, as part of a broader withdrawal of French troops from the west African country.

The French military completed its withdrawal from Senegal on Thursday, the last West African country with a permanent troop presence, amid Paris' waning regional influence. France has faced opposition ...

France on Thursday formally handed back its last two military bases in Senegal, leaving Paris with no permanent army camps in either west or central Africa. Ending the French army's 65 years in ...

"Senegal is an independent country, it is a sovereign country, and sovereignty does not accept the presence of military bases in a sovereign country," Faye said at the end of 2024. He maintained ...