The French are fighting machete-waving mobs searching for foreigners. ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- France rolled out overwhelming military force Sunday to put down an explosion of anti-French violence in ...

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's army chief encouraged a coup leader in neighbouring Burkina Faso during his failed bid to seize power last year, according to a recording of a conversation in the ...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Soldiers in Ivory Coast's second largest city looted weapons from the base of a rival elite military unit before setting it on fire during an overnight clash, leaders of the ...

Ivorian soldiers resting at a shooting range in Port-Bouet – Copyright AFP LUIS TATO In a few days, France will hand over its only military base in Ivory Coast, its ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — An Ivory Coast military official said one soldier was killed in an attack on security installations in the commercial capital of Abidjan Thursday night. Kakao Kouassi, ...

NIAMEY, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Niger's military ruler Abdourahamane Tiani on Thursday blamed French, Benin and Ivory Coast presidents for sponsoring the attack on Niamey international airport, an ...

France pledged logistical help to its embattled former colony of Ivory Coast on Saturday, as rebels moved to secure their territory ahead of a showdown with government forces. The mutineers in the ...

Just a week after the Ivorian president announced his intention to run for a controversial fourth term this October, supporters and members of his administration gathered in the central city of Bouaké ...

Niger’s military government has accused France, Benin and Ivory Coast of sponsoring an assault on a military base at Niamey’s international airport, while thanking “Russian partners” for repelling the ...