Vista Bank, a digital-first Nigerian lender, has received regulatory approval from France’s Prudential Supervisory Authority (ACPR) to establish operations in France. Granted on January 1, this ...

France officially ended its decades-long military presence in Chad, its last stronghold in the West African region. The shift ...

For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier ...

The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried ...

Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's main political and trade group ECOWAS on ...

The ECOWAS bloc has offered some concessions to Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger following their exit from the union ・ECOWAS ...

France’s military withdrawals provide West African states with a long overdue opportunity to assert their sovereignty. But ...

France, along with international forces, has intervened to combat extremism in the continent. In 2013, it launched Operation Serval in Mali, replaced in 2014 by Operation Barkhane in partnership with ...

Vista Group, which bought Societe Generale SA and BNP Paribas SA’s African units, is expanding to France as the Burkina Faso-based lender looks to tap into trade opportunities between Africa and ...

France has faced major setbacks in Africa in recent months. Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad, Senegal and Ivory Coast have all ousted France from their territory. France has also been at odds with ...

Under his leadership, Burkina Faso has distanced itself from France, a former colonial power and longtime ally. Burkina Faso’s military government publicly declared the termination of its ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso – who have formed their own ... Idrissa, a Nigerien living in Normandy, north-west France, travelled to the capital for the occasion.