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

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

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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 nations reevaluating their military ties with France ...

including Ivory Coast, to 600 troops from around 2,200 now, sources told Reuters in November. France, whose colonial rule in West Africa ended in the 1960s, has already pulled its soldiers out of ...

The president of the Ivory Coast says he has asked France to withdraw ... Senegal and Chad. Of Africa’s former French colonies, only Djibouti and Gabon will continue to host French forces.

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Shugaban ƙasar Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, ya sanar da cewa sojojin Faransa za su fara ficewa daga ƙasar nan ba da jimawa ba, a cikin jawabinsa na Sabuwar Shekara. Yace “Mun yanke shawarar ...

Ivory Coast’s president announced ... relinquish its military presence in West Africa. The downscaling of defense ties comes 10 months before Ivory Coast holds elections in which 83-year-old ...

Ivory Coast announced that French troops will leave ... Outtara’s announcement on Tuesday follows that of other leaders across West Africa, where France’s militaries are being asked to leave.