French military

France’s parliament on Thursday approved a multi-billion-euro boost to military spending through the rest of this decade, spurred by Russia’s war in Ukraine and fast-growing global threats. Issued on:…

As parliament gears up for a vote Wednesday on plans to boost military spending, the French Armed Forces look set to continue hiring science fiction authors to imagine future threats to national security. So far, sci-fi…

French magistrates on Thursday filed preliminary charges against five French maritime rescue personnel in a probe of the deadly sinking of a flimsy migrant craft in the English Channel in 2021 that killed 27 people.…

Last week France launched Orion 23, a months-long military exercise involving thousands of troops, naval and land vehicles, aircraft and an aircraft carrier. The joint military exercise had been in the works since…

Issued on: 20/02/2023 - 09:12 Burkina Faso announced on Sunday that operations by the French army in the jihadist-hit West African state were officially over, after…

Issued on: 13/02/2023 - 09:41 Paris' defence minister on Sunday condemned the latest instalment of Marvel's Black Panther franchise, which depicts French troops caught trying…

Issued on: 26/01/2023 - 09:30 France said on Thursday that it was recalling its ambassador from Burkina Faso, a day after agreeing to demands from the ruling junta to pull…

Issued on: 23/01/2023 - 09:37 French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday he was awaiting “clarifications” from Burkina Faso’s new junta leader following a report saying…

Issued on: 22/01/2023 - 10:43 Burkina Faso's military regime told France it wants its troops stationed in the country to leave within a month, the state news agency AIB…

The last surviving African soldiers who fought for colonial-era France will be able to live out their final days in their home countries following the French government's U-turn on their pension rights. The decision…