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

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

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 ...

In tonight's edition: A page has turned in Franco-Ivorian military relations, as France hands over the keys to its sole military base in Côte d'Ivoire. Located near Abidjan airport, French forces ...

PARIS - 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. The French and Ivorian ...

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 on Thursday handed its sole Ivory Coast military base back to its former colony. France has been present in the country for decades, and its departure is in line with a growing trend among ...

Forces from former colonial power France have been deployed in Ivory Coast for decades, helping President Alassane Ouattara take office in 2011 after his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo refused to ...