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

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decadeslong ...

Ivory Coast has announced that French troops will withdraw from the West African nation, further reducing the military ...

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

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

French troops will begin to withdraw from Ivory Coast in west Africa this month, marking the latest reduction of France’s ...

French troops will soon begin departing Ivory Coast, raising questions about what France's military presence in West Africa ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 announced the withdrawal of French forces from the nation, marking a step towards ...