ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said ... (Reporting by Loucoumane Coulibaly; Writing by Alessandra Prentice; Editing by Alison Williams) ...
Ivory Coast has announced that French troops will leave the country this month after a decades-long military presence, becoming the latest African nation to downscale military ties with its former ...
The troops are expected to leave Ivory Coast this month as France, a former colonial power in West Africa, fast loses influence there. By Ruth Maclean Reporting from Dakar, Senegal Ivory Coast has ...