Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decadeslong military presence, the latest ...

The Ivory Coast has announced the withdrawal of French troops from the country marking the latest move in a wave of African ...

Ivory Coast is home to the biggest remaining contingent of French troops in West Africa. There are some 600 French military ...

French forces have also left Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, and Nigeria in recent months after a series of military coups.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said in an end-of-year speech that French forces will withdraw from the West African ...

In recent months, six African countries have asked France to withdraw their troops, significantly curtailing France’s ...

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 ...

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

Ivory Coast’s president announced the withdrawal of French troops from the country, joining a growing number of francophone ...

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 announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decades long military presence. It is the ...