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] French military ...

Vantage With Palki Sharma The Ivory Coast has become the latest African nations to oust French soldiers from its soil. France ...

The troops are expected to leave Ivory Coast this month as France, a former colonial power in West Africa, fast loses influence there.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Thursday he would like to continue serving his country as president but ...

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Ivory Coast has announced that French troops will leave the country this month after a decades-long military presence, becoming the latest African nation to downscale military ties with its former ...

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 address, ...

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.

As French troops begin leaving Ivory Coast, President Macron has angered West African allies by implying African countries were ungrateful for France's decade-long military deployment. https://p ...

Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decadeslong military presence. It is the latest African nation to downscale military ties with its former ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decadeslong military presence, the latest African nation to downscale military ties ...

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.