The African continent has been rocked by yet another coup d’état, this time in Niger. Many across the West African nation have denounced the coup while numerous others have supported what they describe as the end of colonialism.

The West is the source of the upsurge in terrorism across Africa and cannot be part of the solution to the challenges facing Africa, says an analyst.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called on his ministers and army chiefs to work on the country's military postures in Africa, amid the complete withdrawal of thousands of its troops from Mali.

Thousands of anti-French demonstrators have poured into the streets of the Malian capital, Bamako, to celebrate the planned withdrawal of French troops from their country.

France and 14 other countries have called on Mali to allow Danish special forces to remain in the African country, whose transitional government insists that they have entered Mali without formal invitation and must immediately withdraw.

A French soldier has been killed in a mortar attack on France’s main military base in northern Mali.

Franc is planning to scale down its military presence in the Sahel region in Africa.