ABIDJAN (Reuters) - 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 ...

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 defence ...

Ivory Coast and France plan to maintain some security cooperation even as French soldiers stationed in the West African country start withdrawing. The two countries will continue to engage on ...

“France is transforming its presence. France is not disappearing,” he added. Ivory Coast’s announcement follows that of other leaders across West Africa, where France’s militaries are ...

In late November, sources told Reuters that France was considering reducing its military presence in West and Central African countries including Ivory Coast to 600 troops from around 2,200 ...

France on Thursday handed its sole Ivory Coast military base back to its former ... comes as a spate of France’s former colonies in west Africa weaken ties with their former imperial ruler ...