The Libreville Defence Forces Administration School (EAFDL ... That means the Libreville camp will be the only permanent French army base in Africa, along with Djibouti on the continent's ...

France is now reconfiguring its military presence in Africa. Senegal is negotiating the withdrawal of French forces by the end of this year and Paris's military presence in the Ivory Coast and ...

"We have decided on the concerted and organized withdrawal of French forces in Ivory Coast," he ... follows that of other leaders across West Africa, where France's military is being asked to ...

These diverse forces could not have been welded together unless they ... entered Brazzaville and rallied all of French Equatorial Africa, including Gabon, to the cause. To be sure, the territories ...

A Gabonese squadron halts to salute a French colonel at one of France's last military bases in Africa which is now ... Ten years ago, nearly 1,200 French forces were stationed, sometimes with ...

In Libreville, one of the last French military bases in Africa has become a shared camp focused on training. (Photo by Nao Mukadi / AFP) Members of the Gabonese Air Force and Parachute Brigade take ...

The Libreville Defence Forces Administration School (EAFDL), inaugurated ... That means the Libreville camp will be the only permanent French army base in Africa, along with Djibouti on the ...