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 ...

The French Armed Forces Minister said some 80 servicemen will remain in the country to advise and train the Ivorian military.

As France hands back another base in Africa, experts question the future of its security cooperation on the continent and ...

A changing of the guard took place at the beginning of the ceremony to mark the transfer of security responsibilities to the ...

IVORY COAST troops took over the last remaining French army base in the country today, as the former colonial power withdraws forces across west Africa. But Defence Minister Tene Birahima Ouattara ...

The move in Ivory Coast comes just a week after Paris agreed to withdraw troops from neighboring Senegal by the end of the ...

Ivory Coast has officially taken control of the last remaining French military base in the country as the majority of French ...

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

Analysis - African countries have had nine successful military coups since 2020. In west and central Africa, there have been at least 10 coup attempts in the same period. Those of Niger, Mali, Burkina ...