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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ivory Coast’s expulsion of French troops follows similar moves across the region, leaving a power vacuum that must be handled ...
A crash involving a freight truck and a passenger bus in Ivory Coast on Tuesday killed at least 15 people and injured 23 more ...
France starts 2025 with a further drawdown of its military presence in its former African colonies, and fresh tensions ...
Ivory Coast, the world’s biggest cocoa grower, dismissed two military officials and other local government personnel amid ...