Officials said the termination of aid jeopardizes counter-terrorism efforts and weakens U.S. influence in countries that have ...

France to Keep 80 Military Personnel in Ivory Coast, Defence Minister Says ABIDJAN (Reuters) - France said on Thursday it would keep 80 military personnel in Ivory Coast largely for training ...

Ivory Coast and France plan to maintain some security cooperation even as French soldiers stationed in the West African country start withdrawing. The two countries will continue to engage on ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast officially took control of the last remaining French military base in the country on Thursday as the majority of French forces departed from countries ...

The 230-hectare Port-Bouet military camp flanks Ivory Coast’s largest city of Abidjan. (AFP pic) PORT-BOUET: France returned today its sole military base in Ivory Coast to local authorities ...

With its tomato patches and grazing cattle, the Ivory Coast village of Kimbirila-Nord hardly looks like a front line of the ...

ABIDJAN, Feb 20 (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 ...

France on Thursday handed its sole Ivory Coast military base back to its former colony. France has been present in the country for decades, and its departure is in line with a growing trend among ...