Acquiring this type of armored vehicle is also difficult, as other countries have priority.

The French Army received its first Griffon Mortier Embarqué Pour l'Appui au Contact (MEPAC) 6×6 self-propelled 120 mm mortar carrier on 19 December 2024. (DGA Techniques terrestres) The French ...

People in several northern communities might have recently noticed a peculiar sight at their airports: a French military plane. “We never got any information that we would be receiving this ...

The last French troops left the N'djamena military base they occupied for about 70 years this week, continuing France’s reduced military presence in West Africa. Chad's President Field Marshal ...

In his New Year’s address, Alassane Ouattara, president of Ivory Coast since 2010—when he took power with the aid of French military intervention—announced, “We have decided on the ...

This decision was part of an historic regional trend: since 2022 with the French army withdrawing from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. The withdrawals could also continue; in recent weeks ...

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense ...

On Thursday, the French army handed the Adij Kossei base – its last military compound in Chad – over to Chadian authorities, with President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno welcoming what he called ...

The French Army (Armée de Terre) is moving towards integrating its armed helicopters with attack drones, aiming for “dronization” by 2040. Opex360, quoting French military publications ...

PARIS — French ... surplus of nearly $1 trillion for last year. Its exports to the EU grew 3 percent, while imports fell by 4.4 percent — and from France by 5.9 percent. “China is weaving the web of ...

The formation of Ukraine’s 155th army brigade was announced at the D-Day anniversary ceremony in Normandy last June, complete with photo-ops with the French president, Emmanuel Macron.

“None of them would be a sovereign country today if the French army had not deployed in the region,” Macron said, adding: “My heart goes out to all our soldiers who sometimes gave their ...