Ivory Coast is the latest country in West Africa to ask French troops to leave for good. It follows similar decisions by Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal and Chad. We analyse France's shrinking ...

French Soldiers on the Way Out | Vantage with Palki Sharma France has handed one of its military bases over Chad. In November, the central African nation has asked French troops to leave its soil.

Chad's President has set January 31st as the deadline for the complete withdrawal of french troops from the country. In November Djamena gave the soldiers just 6 weeks to leave after abrubtly ending ...

Ivory Coast is the sixth in a growing list of African nations cutting military ties with former colonial power France.

More African countries in the Sahel region have recently announced plans to reduce their military ties with France as they urgently demanded the withdrawal of French troops to get rid of their ...

Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will begin withdrawing in January as part of a shift towards strengthening its own military forces. This move follows broader trends across West ...

AMADOU NDIAYE in Dakar & HAROUN MAHAMAT in N'DjamenaAfrica BureauDAKAR, (CAJ News) – IT never rained but poured for the French government crises in the African continent. This follows Chadian ...

In recent months, six African countries have asked France to withdraw their troops, significantly curtailing France’s ...

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 ...

The troops are expected to leave Ivory Coast this month as France, a former colonial power in West Africa, fast loses ...

Ivory Coast says that French troops will leave the country starting January 2025, becoming the latest African nation to ...