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

Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara announced in his January 2025 New Year's speech the withdrawal of French <a ...

To say that President Ouattara’s shillyshallying is the last thing that Côte d’Ivoire needs is an understatement. In the first place, the fact that previous electoral contests have been ...

The Ivorian president is trifling with his country’s long-term political stability. In 2019, as speculation grew that he was quietly orchestrating a run for a legally dubious third term of office at ...

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Ivory Coast urged the Independent Electoral Commission, which organizes elections in the ...

French troop withdrawal in West Africa signals the end of 'Françafrique' and shifts geopolitical dynamics with Russia and ...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) -Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Thursday he would like to continue serving his country as president but emphasised that his party had not yet made a formal decision ...

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

France's President Emmanuel Macron greets Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara in the castle of Villers-Cotterets, northeastern France, on October 4, 2024 [Ludovic Marin/AFP] French military ...

In 2019, as speculation grew that he was quietly orchestrating a run for a legally dubious third term of office at the expiration of his tenure the following year, pressure mounted on Côte d’Ivoire’s ...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said in an end-of-year speech that French forces will withdraw from the West African nation in January, making it the latest country to weaken military ties ...

Ivory Coast’s expulsion of French troops follows similar moves across the region, leaving a power vacuum that must be handled ...