but it is now reinforcing its presence in Libya to compensate for the potential loss of its Syrian logistical hubs. Ivory Coast was one of France’s staunchest allies in Africa and a long-time ...

A crash involving a freight truck and a passenger bus in Ivory Coast on Tuesday killed at least 17 people and left several injured, authorities said. The vehicles collided in Ponan-Ouinlo, a village ...

In an end-of-year address to the nation on Tuesday, President Alassane Ouattara said the 43rd BIMA marine infantry battalion at Port-Bouet in Abidjan – where French troops were stationed – “will be ...

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French troops will soon begin departing Ivory Coast, raising questions about what France's military presence in West Africa will look like, and how Ivory Coast will fill the security void.

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 ...

French troops will withdraw from Ivory Coast in January, President Alassane Ouattara said Tuesday in his end of year address to the nation. “We can be proud of our army, whose modernization is ...