France on Thursday said it would keep 80 military personnel in Ivory Coast largely for training purposes, as it handed over ...

Ivory Coast and France plan to maintain some security cooperation even as French soldiers stationed in the West African ...

France returned on Thursday its sole military base in Ivory Coast to the west African nation's authorities, marking an end to ...

France said on Thursday it would keep 80 military personnel in Ivory Coast largely for training purposes, as it handed over control of a military base in the commercial capital amid a scaling back of ...

Ivory Coast has remained an anomaly in France’s relationship with Africa, maintaining links with its former colonial master since its independence in 1960, despite a decade of crisis in the 2000s.

Ivorian troops during the handover ceremony ...

France returned on Thursday its sole military base in Ivory Coast to local authorities, marking an end to decades of French presence at the site. The French and Ivorian defence ministers signed a ...

“France is transforming its presence. France is not disappearing,” he added. Ivory Coast’s announcement follows that of other leaders across West Africa, where France’s militaries are ...

France on Thursday withdrew from its sole military base in Ivory Coast, in West Africa, according to media reports. France’s Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu attended the official ...

France will hand over its only military base in Ivory Coast, its former star colony in west Africa, and both sides say the ...