Ivory Coast has become the latest West African nation to downscale military ties with former colonial power France. Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will withdraw from the ...

Associated Press ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast says that French troops will leave the country starting January 2025, becoming the latest African nation to downscale military ties with ...

Ivory Coast is home to the biggest remaining contingent of French troops in West Africa. There are some 600 French military personnel in the country with 350 in Senegal.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast officially took control of the last remaining French military base in the country on Thursday as the majority of French forces departed from countries ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decadeslong military presence, the latest African nation to downscale military ties with ...

At least nine French soldiers and one U.S. citizen die in Ivory Coast after an attack blamed on Ivory Coast government troops. French President Jacques Chirac responded by ordering the destruction ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Nov. 12 -- Chanting, "We want the French!" a crowd of armed and angry young men swept past La Planta, a club owned by an Ivorian. They started to attack the nearby Byblos ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Jan. 31 -- Stone-throwing mobs assaulted French soldiers and robbed fleeing French citizens at the international airport here today while attempting to prevent the return of ...