Ivory Coast has changed its military cooperation with former colonial power, France. President Alassane Ouattara announced in his New Year's message that 43rd BIMA marine infantry battalion, at ...

Ivory Coast said French troops would withdraw from the nation, part of Paris’ wider retreat from its former colonies. “We can be proud of our army, which has now been effectively modernised. It is in ...

FILE - Ivorian special forces soldiers conduct an urban reconnaissance exercise under the supervision of French special forces during the annual US. Military led counterterrorism training known as ...

Ivory Coast’s president announced the withdrawal of French troops from the country, joining a growing number of francophone states that have asked the former colonial power to relinquish its military ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast officially took control of the last remaining French military base in the country on Thursday as the majority of French forces departed from countries across ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has defended a decision by Ivory Coast's veteran president to run in an election last month, ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Nov. 7 -- French troops clashed with soldiers and angry mobs Saturday after Ivorian warplanes killed at least nine French peacekeepers and an American civilian in an airstrike ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decadeslong military presence, the latest African nation to downscale military ties with its ...