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

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

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

French troops will soon begin departing Ivory Coast, raising questions about what France's military presence in West Africa ...

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 ...

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 announced on Wednesday that French troops will leave the country after a decades-long military presence ...

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 ...

Separately, Senegal, which last month announced France would have to close its military bases on its territory, confirmed the withdrawal would be completed by the end of 2025. Ivory Coast is home ...