The French president's words have sparked a backlash, with African leaders calling out his "contemptuous attitude".

French soldiers were deployed for a decade to fight an Islamist insurgency in its former colonial territory of the Sahel ...

In a major shift in West Africa's security landscape, Ivory Coast and Senegal, regional economic powerhouses, have ordered France to remove its troops from their territories.

African governments have criticized a speech by French President Emmanuel Macron in which he said that some leaders showed ...

President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday faced an angry backlash from France's remaining allies in West Africa and accusations at ...

President Macron accused some African countries of “forgetting to tell us thank you” for the role French military in fighting ...

French President Emmanuel Macron says Sahel leaders have failed to thank France for its role in combatting terrorism in the ...

In response, Chad's Foreign Minister Abderaman Koulamallah said Macron comments had revealed his contempt for Africa. "Chad ...

Emmanuel Macron had said African leaders had not thanked France for ‘helping to combat’ insurgencies - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Chad and Senegal hit back at comments made by President Macron claiming that African countries in the Sahel had "forgotten to say thank you" to France for helping to combat jihadist insurgencies.

France has been on the back foot in its former colonial territories after military coups in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.