The Trump clowns are planning to close U.S. embassies in Africa. Good riddance, right? Wrong. They still plan to work on ...

A Gabonese squadron halts to salute a French colonel at one of France's last military bases in Africa which is now "shared" with the host nation and focused on training. The "Academie militaire ...

Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced on 31 December 2024 that all foreign military bases in his country would close by 2025. On the same day, the Ivorian president said France would ...

Both America and China have their only permanent military bases in Africa at this strategic spot on the African side of the Bab al-Mandab strait, where the Red Sea meets the Gulf of Aden (see map).

At least seven China-backed ports have design features that make them able to berth naval facilities, even though they wasn't ...

Somalia is prepared to offer the United States exclusive control of strategic air bases and ports, its president said in a letter to President Donald Trump seen by Reuters on Friday.

So far, China's only official overseas military base is in Djibouti, East Africa. However, in the Asian region, Beijing has built several military facilities in the South China Sea, especially in the ...