Leaders of the west African regional grouping Ecowas approved the long-awaited withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso ...

Nigeria appoint former Mali boss Eric Chelle as the new coach of the Super Eagles, tasking the 47-year-old with earning ...

In a major shift in West Africa's security landscape, Ivory Coast and Senegal, regional economic powerhouses, have ordered ...

President Alassane Ouattara says the Ivorian government had decided to expel French troops because the Ivorian army is “now ...

Niger’s coup leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani accused neighbouring Nigeria of collaborating with France to destabilise ...

Ivory Coast has called for the withdrawal of troops deployed by  former colonial power France. President Alassane Ouattara announced in his New Year's message that 43rd BIMA marine infantry battalion, ...

Ivory Coast is the sixth in a growing list of African nations cutting military ties with former colonial power France.

Ivory Coast is the latest West African nation to expel troops of former colonial power after Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.

including Ivory Coast, to 600 troops from around 2,200 now, sources told Reuters in November. France, whose colonial rule in ...

Ivory Coast’s president announced the withdrawal of French troops from the country, joining a growing number of francophone ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decadeslong ...

The Atlantic migration route from the coast of West Africa to the Canary ... Years of conflict in the Sahel region that includes Mali, unemployment and the impact of climate change on farming ...