Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said in an end-of-year speech that French forces will withdraw from the West African ...

France, whose colonial rule in West Africa ended in the 1960s, has nearly 1,000 soldiers in Ivory Coast, according to reports. On December 26, France returned its first military base to Chad ...

Ivory Coast's 83-year-old President Alassane Ouattara Thursday said he was "eager to continue serving" his country but had ...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said in an ... The announcement, also made during a speech to mark the new year, was the first indication of a timeframe for the closure of foreign military ...

Meanwhile, the entirety of the processed gas is slated to meet local energy demands, connecting to the infrastructure established during the project's first ... at Ivory Coast Baleine field ...

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

The Maidens defeated Benin twice in Group A to secure first place and book a date with Ivory Coast who finished second in Group B. Ghana thumped Benin 4-1 in the first leg before thumping beating ...

ABIDJAN, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Italy's Eni (ENI.MI), opens new tab on Saturday started a second phase of oil and gas production at Ivory Coast's offshore ... making her the first woman CEO leading ...

(FILES) A worker walks at a gold mine in northern Ivory Coast on October 24 ... The exhibition organised by the government was a first, and brought together local businesses and foreign ...

Abidjan (AFP) – Ivory Coast's mining industry is booming ... The exhibition organised by the government was a first, and brought together local businesses and foreign heavyweights such as ...

first staged in Sudan in 1957, will span two years. Morocco previously hosted the event in 1988 when just eight countries took part. Hosts Ivory Coast were crowned champions last February ...