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

Ivory Coast has announced the withdrawal of French troops from its soil, effectively ending a military presence that has ...

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

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

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara announced the withdrawal of French forces from the nation, marking a step towards ...

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 ...

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

said in his speech 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 ...

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