Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. French troops will begin to withdraw from Ivory Coast in west Africa this month, marking the latest ...

Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decadeslong military presence, the latest African nation to downscale military ties with its former colonial power.

As French troops begin leaving Ivory Coast, President Macron has angered West African allies by implying African countries were ungrateful for France's decade-long military deployment. French ...

Ivory Coast’s AFCON journey began on shaky ground. A humiliating 0-4 defeat against Equatorial Guinea in the group stage left the hosts reeling and on the brink of elimination. That loss proved ...

Farmers in Ivory Coast, the source of 45% of the world’s cocoa beans, battle climate change and market inequality. We examine why Ivory Coast’s defeat of Nigeria in the Africa Cup of Nations ...

Of the 2,500 remaining specimens, the majority live in Taï National Park in Ivory Coast, the largest – and one of the last – primary forests in West Africa. A diverse reserve stretching over ...