The chief of staff of Ivory Coast's army has ordered the suspension of five officials tasked with combating cocoa smuggling ...

Several African nations have expelled French troops, signaling a significant decline in the former colonial power’s influence ...

Ivory Coast has announced that French troops will withdraw from the West African nation, further reducing the military ...

Ivory Coast President, Alassane Ouattara ... said Ivorians should be proud of the modernised state of their own armed forces. “In this context, we have decided on the coordinated and organised ...

said in his speech that the 43rd BIMA marine infantry battalion at Port-Bouet in Abidjan — where French troops are currently stationed — "will be handed over" to Ivory Coast's armed forces as ...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said ... January 2025 and noted that Ivorians should be proud of their own armed forces. Speaking in an end-of-year address to the nation, Ouattara said ...

He added that the 43rd BIMA marine infantry battalion at Port-Bouet in Abidjan -- where French troops are currently stationed -- "will be handed over" to Ivory Coast's armed forces as of January 2025.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said in ... “I have instructed the minister for the armed forces to propose a new doctrine for cooperation in defence and security, involving, among ...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said in an end-of-year ... the capital Abidjan in January 2025 and noted that Ivorians should be proud of their own armed forces. Ivory Coast President Alassane ...

ABIDJAN, (Reuters) – Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara ... should be proud of the modernised state of their own armed forces. “In this context, we have decided on the coordinated ...