Experts say they are following the example of Sahel countries as local leaders and populations want more sovereignty over ...

Several African nations have expelled French troops, signaling a significant decline in the former colonial power’s influence ...

Ivory Coast is the latest West African nation to expel French troops after Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. In November, within ...

The chief of staff of Ivory Coast's army has ordered the suspension of five officials tasked with combating cocoa smuggling ...

Ivory Coast is home to the biggest remaining contingent of French troops in West Africa. There are some 600 French military ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese and Chadian leaders said that the ousting of French troops from their territories was their ...

It is thought to have left Senegal more than two weeks ago, on 27 June, heading for the Canary Islands, Walking Borders said ... Senegal, Ivory Coast, or are of other sub-Saharan origins.

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Senegal, Chad and Ivory Coast last month announced the departure of French troops just as Paris was devising a new strategy that would sharply reduce its permanent troop presence in Africa.