Ivory Coast has announced that French forces will withdraw from its territory, following in the footsteps of several other West African countries and further reducing France’s waning power in ...

Ivory Coast has announced that French troops will withdraw from the West African nation, further reducing the military influence of the former colonial power in the region. In an end-of-year ...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - France said on Thursday it would keep 80 military personnel in Ivory Coast largely for training purposes, as it handed over control of a military base in the commercial capital ...

Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decadeslong military presence. ... France has had as many as 600 troops in Ivory Coast.

While Ivory Coast achieved independence in 1960, it is still home to 600 French troops, the biggest remaining contingent in West Africa. It also hosts a French military base in Abidjan, which will ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron greets Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara in the castle of Villers-Cotterets, northeastern France, on October 4, 2024 [Ludovic Marin/AFP] ...

France currently has about 400 troops in Ivory Coast at an army base it has run for decades, more recently largely dedicated to fighting Islamist extremism groups in the Sahel region.

Ivory Coast's former president and prime minister on Thursday saw the refusal of their petitions to be allowed to run in ...

Ivory Coast has become the latest African country to expel France’s military from its nation. Published On 1 Jan 2025 1 Jan 2025 Video Duration 01 minutes 04 seconds ...

Four major opposition figures will be unable to contest Ivory Coast's October presidential election, the country's electoral commission announced Wednesday, having been struck from the final voter ...

Ivory Coast says that French troops will leave the country starting January 2025, becoming the latest African nation to downscale military ties with its former colonial power ...