French troops will soon begin departing Ivory Coast, raising questions about what France's military presence in West Africa ...

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

Ivory Coast is latest West African nation to expel troops of former colonial power after Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.

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

Ivory Coast has announced that French troops will withdraw from the West African nation, further reducing the military ...

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

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

France has been kicked out of more than 70% of African countries where it had a troop presence since its colonial rule ...

He added that the 43rd BIMA marine infantry battalion at Port-Bouet in Abidjan -- where French troops are currently stationed -- "will be handed over" to Ivory Coast's armed forces as of January 2025.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said in ... “I have instructed the minister for the armed forces to propose a new doctrine for cooperation in defence and security, involving, among ...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said ... should be proud of the modernised state of their own armed forces. "In this context, we have decided on the coordinated and ...