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This photo provided by the French Army shows a soldier unloading cans of food in the Indian Ocean French territory of Mayotte, Wednesday Dec.18, 2024, as the cyclone on Saturday was the deadliest storm to strike the territory in nearly a century. (D Piatacrrea, Etat Major des Armees/Legion Etrangere via AP)

Survivors recount ‘very apocalyptic’ cyclone that ripped through French territory of Mayotte

Associated Press

French forces kill al-Qaida-linked commander in Mali

Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, is welcomed by Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, right, upon arrival at Nouakchott Oumtounsy International Airport Tuesday June 30, 2020, in Nouakchott, to attend a G5 Sahel summit. Leaders from the five countries of West Africa's Sahel region, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, meet with French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Mauritania's capital Nouakchott on Tuesday to discuss military operations against Islamic extremists in the region, as jihadist attacks mount. The five African countries, known as the G5, have formed a joint military force that is working with France, which has thousands of troops to battle the extremists in the Sahel, the region south of the Sahara Desert. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)

French, Spanish and African leaders meet to combat extremism

By CARLEY PETESCH and SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

A soldier walks outside the weapons stocks military base in Miramas , southern France, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. French authorities are investigating the theft of roughly 200 detonators plus grenades and plastic explosives from the military site. The break-in comes as France has strengthened its security measures after two deadly attacks by extremists this year. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) ** FILE **

200 detonators, explosives stolen from French military site

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

People gather to watch French soldiers search a house used as an armed cache in the Christian sector of PK12, the last checkpoint at the exit of the town, in Bangui, Central African Republic Tuesday Feb. 11, 2014. The commander of French troops in the Central African Republic General Francisco Soriano accused the Anti-Balaka Christian militias to be &quot;enemies of the peace&quot; and should be dealt with accordingly. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

UN chief warns of partition in C. African Republic

By EDITH M. LEDERER and JEROME DELAY - Associated Press

Claims of responsibility for an attack on an Algerian natural-gas field in January are tied to a group led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who had been a regional commander in northwestern Africa for al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. (IntelCenter)

One-eyed extremist behind Algerian gas-plant slaughter reportedly killed in Mali

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

France ends combat operations in Afghanistan

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press