Ivory Coast president announces French troops’ departure in January • FRANCE 24 English

Ivory Coast 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 colonial power. French troops have been forced to depart from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, where military-led governments hostile to the ex-colonial ruler have seized power in recent years.
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41 comments

  2. Ivory caost has always been a sovereign state of Africa until ouattara, the western puppet came into power.
    It's a good decision, but let's be careful. It might be one of his tricks with his colonial boss (france) to get into the states of sahel.

  4. another pending failure state in africa !
    even the once mighty country of south africa is shadow of what it once was in terms of economy as well as military !

  5. France and other western countries should also think about stopping financial aid to this country.

  6. No, it is not true at all. France troops are still in Ivory Coast. The president of Ivory Coast and France plot to hide France troops in Ivory Coast. France troops are just invisible, but they are still in Ivory Coast

  12. At 00:16, you display the 1000 french soldiers stationned in Ivory Cost as fighting against the jihadists in the Sahel.
    And people wander wonder why French media are being shut down all across the Sahel.
    You're just French propaganda tools. Why you lie like that????
    Are you being Macron in doing what he asked you to do during the conference of the ambassadors I mean being a propaganda tool helping French interest into melting the opinion of African countries in its favour.

  13. I France have looted and taken resources more than enough from Africa.The French citizens have enjoyed benefiting from the wealthy of Africa…

  14. Ethnic tensions, land disputes, corruption. Thatched roof mud huts, tse tse flies. Malarial mosquitoes. Tough sledding.

  15. Why is France withdrawing from it's SPHERE OF INFLUENCE territory. Is it to prepare for war between EU and CIS?

    😢

  17. The west should go and never returned because we don't want them in our land anymore because our countinet belongs to Africa not west or America we love our holy Land.

  18. Wars lost in Lybia, Syria, Armenia.

    Kicked out of Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, CI.

    Not welcome any more in Morocco,Tunisia, Algier…..

    Not more able to create a civil war to let the african people shoot each Other.

    Industry unable for competition in and outside EU.

    Whats next??
    😮

  19. Asisi in Egypt looks like a Hispanic like Ronaldo or christobal or Juan some of those Mexicans seem to be as bad as him too so I’m wondering how he got in power. An Egyptian said he is even worse than Assad on Egyptians

  20. Will the leaders of these French west Africa nations also sell off their luxury Paris apartments and various properties in Western Europe? And their extended families no longer vacation in France? No way.

  23. Looks like CIA Mossad Mi6 won't be happy, France have to relocate it's military bases to the US now 😂😂😂, probably have to protect Trump 😂😂

  27. If I was the president of France ill never send my troops back to the countrys that kick us out
    When they want help in Humanitarian Aid, and military help to fight terrorism I let them suffer

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