Ivory Coast takes control of last remaining French base

Ivory Coast takes control of last remaining French base as French military departs
Ivory Coast has officially taken control of the last remaining French military base in the country as the majority of French forces departed from countries across West Africa.
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France said on Thursday it would keep 80 military personnel in Ivory Coast largely for training purposes, as it handed over control of a military base in the commercial capital amid a scaling back of its forces across West and Central Africa.
Ivory Coast takes control of last remaining French base
Ivory Coast officially took control of the last remaining French military base in the country Thursday as most French forces departed from countries across West Africa.
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Ivory Coast and France will continue to cooperate in the area of military training as French troops start pulling out of an army base in the West African nation, France Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said in Abidjan,
France leaves last remaining military base in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast officially took control of the last remaining French military base in the country as the majority of French forces departed from countries across West Africa. Story by Anna Pereira and Antonia Kerrigan.
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