Wednesday, January 1, 2025 - Ivory Coast President, Alassane Ouattara, on Tuesday, said that French forces would withdraw from the nation.
Ouattara, while speaking in an end-of-year address to the nation, said
Ivorians should be proud of the modernised state of their own armed forces.
“In this context, we have decided on the coordinated and organised
withdrawal of French forces,” he said.
Sources said that France has been considering reducing its military
presence in West and Central African countries, including Ivory Coast, to 600
troops from around 2,200 now.
Recall that France has already pulled its soldiers out of Mali, Burkina
Faso and Niger, amid military coups in those countries and spreading
anti-French sentiment.
Similarly, the Chadian government, which is a key Western ally in the
fight against Islamic militants in the region has also ended its defence
cooperation pact with France in November.
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