This decision was announced December 27 at Man Cathedral during a pastoral visit by Archbishop Mauricio Rueda Beltz, the apostolic nuncio to Ivory Coast. “The sede plena apostolic administrator ...

In his New Year’s address, Alassane Ouattara, president of Ivory Coast since 2010—when he took power with the aid of French ...

Analysis - Left parties of West Africa warn that announcements by France-backed regimes in its former African colonies about the withdrawal of its troops is an attempt to deceive the anti-imperialist ...

During the New Year’s greetings to the Head of State, the Forum of Religious Faiths wished for peace, urging the government ...

But, the report documents that weapons flows since 2011 are no longer predominately ... Burkina Faso, Mali, and Ivory Coast are post-civil war or post-coup states where France has played an ...

Reports by Russian pro-war Telegram channels have echoed the statement, saying that a new Kyiv offensive is underway. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian troops repelled two ...

A vessel loaded with 20,000 tons of ammonium nitrate – the same chemical that left large parts of Beirut in ruins in an explosion in 2020 – is nearing the port of Abidjan. Campaigners have ...

including Ivory Coast and Ghana. France also operated as part of a United Nations peacekeeping mission during the country’s long civil war from 2002 to 2011. Ouattara’s announcement on Tuesday ...

Ivory Coast has become the latest African country to join the ‘France Out’ campaign. Within weeks of Senegal and Chad telling France to withdraw its troops from their territories, Ivory Coast also ...

Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will withdraw from the country, ending a military presence that has lasted for decades. It is part of a larger trend of African countries ...

On Wednesday, Ivory Coast made a significant announcement regarding the future of its military relationship with France. The West African country confirmed that French troops, stationed in the ...

[File photo: Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP] Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decadeslong military presence, the latest African nation to downscale military ...