Senegal: The westernmost country in West Africa announced in November 2024 that France “should” close its military bases (home to 350 soldiers) by the end of 2025. Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire): A ...

From Mali to Ivory Coast, thousands of people have taken to the streets in mass protests, demanding that their governments cut ties with Paris for good. Some of the resentment dates back to ...

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.

forcing Paris to devise a new military strategy to reduce its permanent troop presence in Africa. With the expulsion of its troops from Ivory Coast, France now retains forces in only Djibouti and ...