In his New Year’s address, Alassane Ouattara, president of Ivory Coast since 2010—when he took power with the aid of French ...

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

France has been considering reducing its military presence in West and Central African countries, including Ivory Coast, to 600 troops from around 2,200 now, sources told Reuters in November. France, ...

The troops are expected to leave Ivory Coast this month as France, a former colonial power in West Africa, fast loses influence there. By Ruth Maclean Reporting from Dakar, Senegal Ivory Coast has ...

France has had up to 600 troops in Ivory Coast. “We have decided on the concerted and organized withdrawal of French forces in Ivory Coast,” he said, adding that the military infantry ...

Ivory Coast is the sixth in a growing list of African nations cutting military ties with former colonial power France. France's President Emmanuel Macron greets Ivory Coast's President Alassane ...

French troops will soon begin departing Ivory Coast, raising questions about what France's military presence in West Africa will look like, and how Ivory Coast will fill the security void.

French troop withdrawal in West Africa signals the end of 'Françafrique' and shifts geopolitical dynamics with Russia and ...

It is in this context that we have decided the concerted and organised withdrawal of French forces from Ivory Coast,” Ivorian President Alassane Ouatt said in an end-of-year address. France’s ...

It is in this context that we have decided on the concerted and organised withdrawal of French forces” from Ivory Coast, Ouattara said. France, whose colonial rule in West Africa ended in the ...

France starts 2025 with a further drawdown of its military presence in its former African colonies, and fresh tensions ...

France has had as many as 600 troops in Ivory Coast. "We have decided on the concerted and organized withdrawal of French forces in Ivory Coast," he said, adding that the military infantry ...