Francophone Africa and French military bases have been two critical foreign policy challenges for Nigeria since 1960. The administration of Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa had to formulate ...

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 ...

The French military base in Abidjan will be handed back to Côte d'Ivoire in January 2025, President Alassane Ouattara says.

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced on Tuesday December 31, during his New Year’s address, that all foreign ...

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Côte d’Ivoire has announced that French troops stationed in the country for decades will depart by January 2025. President ...

The president of the Ivory Coast says he has asked France to withdraw its troops from the West African country. Ivory Coast ...

Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decades long military presence.

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President Alassane Ouattara said in an end-of-year speech that French forces will withdraw from the West African nation in ...

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara's announcement is a further sign of former colonial power France's fading military ...