Paris— France has started 2025 with a further reduction in its military presence in its former African colonies, sparking fresh tensions with controversial comments by French President Emmanuel Macron this week. Chad, Senegal and now Ivory Coast have followed Mali, ...
Abidjan, Ivory Coast – Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops would leave the country after a decades-long military presence. It is the latest African nation to reduce military ties with its former colonial power. Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara ...