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Of all the promises of rupture made by the new authorities of Senegal, this one directly concerns the daily lives of 600,000 of their compatriots News

Protests don dey grow about France presence for Africa wia dem bin dey flex dia military power before.

Protests don dey grow about France presence for Africa wia dem bin dey flex dia military power before.

Upheavals in West Africa mean France can no longer take its "backyard" for granted.

France hands over ERC-90 armoured vehicles to Chad Written by Guy Martin - An ERC-90 delivered to Chad. France has delivered nine ERC-90 6×6 armoured vehicles to Chad’s military to bolster peacekeeping operations and help it in the fight against terrorism. The French Embassy in Chad said the vehicles were handed over on 23 January in the capital N’Djamena in a ceremony attended by Chad’s defence minister Lieutenant General Abali Salah in the presence of the Ambassador of France Bertrand...

defenceWeb Written by Guy Martin - A Senegalese Epsilon trainer. Senegal’s Air Force will next year take delivery of another three TB-30 Epsilon piston-engine trainers from France, while Togo is returning its two aircraft to service. This is according to Air & Cosmos, which reported this emerged during the 13 November visit to Senegal by Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force, General Philippe Lavigne. According to the French Ministry of Defence, Lavigne was in Dakar, Senegal, to p...