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 ...

At that point Africa will be home to approximately 2.5bn people, or around a quarter of humanity. And unless Africa finds a ...

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

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

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

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

Ivory Coast’s president announced the withdrawal of French troops from the country, joining a growing number of francophone ...

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

bitter criticism from citizens in its former colonies in West and Central Africa in recent years. From Mali to Ivory Coast, thousands of people have taken to the streets in mass protests ...

Ivory Coast’s president announced the withdrawal ... former colonial power to relinquish its military presence in West Africa. The downscaling of defense ties comes 10 months before Ivory ...