Withdrawal from Africa: French troops leave ivory coast

France’s troops have largely left the Ivory Coast. The location of the French Marine Investment Battalion from Port Bouet was handed over to the troops of the West African country. “France is changing his presence, but does not disappear,” said Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu when the barracks were handed over. Around 600 French soldiers were recently stationed in the ivory coast. For training purposes, 80 soldiers remained on site in the future, said Lecornu.

France and the Ivory Coast want to continue their military cooperation, but place on a more flexible and balanced basis and focus more on the needs of the Ivory Coast. With the withdrawal from the Ivory Coast, France’s loss of influence continues in the countries in the field of his former colonies in West and Central Africa.

France moves in many African countries

France and Senegal recently set the course for the deduction of French troops from the country. At the end of January, France ended his troop deduction from the Chad. The three countries did not fundamentally question their gang with France. The tone in Mali, Burkina Faso and the Niger, who had broken in a dispute with France in the past few years, was different.

Even after the end of his colonial rule, France had remained militarily present in the countries of the region and was recently involved in the fight against Islamist extremists.