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

Ivory Coast is the sixth in a growing list of African nations cutting military ties with former colonial power France.

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

Ivory Coast says that French troops will leave the country starting January 2025, becoming the latest African nation to ...

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

Ivory Coast is latest West African nation to expel troops of former colonial power after Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.

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

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

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 ...

Chad's foreign affairs minister on Monday accused French President Emmanuel Macron of showing contempt after he said African ...

Despite the troop withdrawals, France will continue efforts to combat terrorism spreading from the Sahel to West Africa's coastal nations, including Ivory Coast. In 2021, the two countries ...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Tuesday that French forces would withdraw from the West African nation, ...