The troops are expected to leave Ivory Coast this month as France, a former colonial power in West Africa, fast loses ...

Ivory Coast is the sixth in a growing list of African nations cutting military ties with former colonial power France.

Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will begin withdrawing in January as part of a shift towards ...

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

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

In the ruins left by Cyclone Chido, people from Mayotte, off the eastern coast of Africa, are calling to deport the ...

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

BY FOLAWIYO KAREEM OLAJOKU The recent expulsion of French troops from West African countries, including Mali, Burkina ...

President Alassane Ouattara stated that the withdrawal would begin in January 2025. France, which currently has around 600 ...

Outtara's announcement follows that of other leaders across West Africa, where France’s militaries are being asked to leave. Analysts have described the requests for French troops to leave ...