Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the interim leader of Burkina Faso, rose to power in September 2022 after leading a coup against ...

As France hands back another base in Africa, experts question the future of its security cooperation on the continent and ...

At its peak, about 1,000 French soldiers were stationed at the base to combat jihadist threats across the region. Despite the ...

As many Africans sour on the West, a new generation of military officers are seizing power, vowing to build strong and ...

A page has turned in Franco-Ivorian military relations, as France hands over the keys to its sole military base in Côte ...

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 officially taken control of the last remaining French military base in the country as the majority of French forces departed from countries across West Africa ...

France retains 80 military personnel in Ivory Coast for training as it hands over a military base, reducing its presence amid ...

African countries have had nine successful military coups since 2020. In west and central Africa, there have been at least 10 ...

The move in Ivory Coast comes just a week after Paris agreed to withdraw troops from neighboring Senegal by the end of the ...

PARIS - France returned on Thursday its sole military base in Ivory Coast to the west African nation's authorities, marking ...

The French Armed Forces Minister said some 80 servicemen will remain in the country to advise and train the Ivorian military.