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

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

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

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

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

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

France has been kicked out of more than 70% of African countries where it had a troop presence since its colonial rule ...

He added that the 43rd BIMA marine infantry battalion at Port-Bouet in Abidjan -- where French troops are currently stationed -- "will be handed over" to Ivory Coast's armed forces as of January 2025.

Ivory Coast President, Alassane Ouattara ... said Ivorians should be proud of the modernised state of their own armed forces. “In this context, we have decided on the coordinated and organised ...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said ... should be proud of the modernised state of their own armed forces. "In this context, we have decided on the coordinated and ...