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 ...

Ivory Coast coach Emerse Fae is confident his team can become the first country since Egypt in 2008 to successfully defend ...

In 2019, as speculation grew that he was quietly orchestrating a run for a legally dubious third term of office at the ...

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

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

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said in an end-of-year address on Tuesday that the French military would hand over control of its military base in the capital Abidjan in January 2025 and ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Africa will be the second-fastest-growing region globally. But persistent problems, including poverty, the effects of climate change, and weak governance, are fuelling widespread social frustration.

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 with the former ...