Experts say they are following the example of Sahel countries as local leaders and populations want more sovereignty over ...

Vantage With Palki Sharma The Ivory Coast has become the latest African nations to oust French soldiers from its soil. France has been given till the end of January to hand over a military base in ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara arrives to attend the opening session of the 19th Summit of the Francophonie at the Grand Palais in Paris, France on October 5, 2024.

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 ...

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

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 ...