The troops are expected to leave Ivory Coast this month as France, a former colonial power in West Africa, fast loses ...

Ivory Coast is the sixth in a growing list of African nations cutting military ties with former colonial power France.

Ivory Coast says that French troops will leave the country starting January 2025, becoming the latest African nation to ...

French forces have also left Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, and Nigeria in recent months after a series of military coups.

President Alassane Ouattara said in an end-of-year speech that French forces will withdraw from the West African nation in ...

Ivory Coast is home to the biggest remaining contingent of French troops in West Africa. There are some 600 French military ...

Ivory Coast’s president announced the withdrawal of French troops from the country, joining a growing number of francophone ...

In the ruins left by Cyclone Chido, people from Mayotte, off the eastern coast of Africa, are calling to deport the ...

Senegal’s prime minister has announced the closure of “all foreign military bases” in the country, a statement essentially ...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Tuesday that French forces would withdraw from the West African nation, ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decadeslong military presence, the latest African nation to downscale military ties with ...

FILE - Ivorian special forces soldiers conduct an urban reconnaissance exercise under the supervision of French special forces during the annual US. Military led counterterrorism training known as ...