France returns sole military base to Ivory Coast
Port-Bouet, Ivory Coast (AFP) Feb 20, 2025 France returned on Thursday its sole military base in Ivory Coast to the west African nation's authorities, marking an end to decades of French presence at the site. The French and Ivorian defence ministers signed a document to confirm the return, shortly after the Ivorian flag was raised in the base's parade ground. Though the handover comes as a spate of France's former colonies in we
Port-Bouet, Ivory Coast (AFP) Feb 20, 2025
France returned on Thursday its sole military base in Ivory Coast to the west African nation's authorities, marking an end to decades of French presence at the site.
The French and Ivorian defence ministers signed a document to confirm the return, shortly after the Ivorian flag was raised in the base's parade ground.
Though the handover comes as a spate of France's former colonies in we
France returned on Thursday its sole military base in Ivory Coast to the west African nation's authorities, marking an end to decades of French presence at the site.
The French and Ivorian defence ministers signed a document to confirm the return, shortly after the Ivorian flag was raised in the base's parade ground.
Though the handover comes as a spate of France's former colonies in we 
