<span fr-original-class="customBullet" fr-original-style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 12px; vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block;" style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 12px; vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; box-sizing: border-box;">•&nbsp; Ivory Coast says 'au revoir':&nbsp;French troops will begin to withdraw from Ivory Coast in west Africa this month, marking the latest reduction of France’s military presence and a further weakening of western influence in the region.<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Quote:&nbsp;“We can be proud of our army, which has now been effectively modernised. It is in this context that we have decided the concerted and organized withdrawal of French forces from Ivory Coast,” Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara said.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Big picture:&nbsp;The announcement comes after Chad and Senegal have also sought to loosen their ties with France in recent months, and is the latest indication of a reduction of the long-standing French military presence on the continent.</li></ul>

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