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At least 17 dead in bus-truck collision in Ivory Coast

Jan. 21, 2025 09:52 AM EST

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A crash involving a freight truck and a passenger bus in Ivory Coast on Tuesday killed at least 17 people and left several injured, authorities said. The vehicles collided in Ponan-Ouinlo, a village in the west of the country, the Ministry of Transport...

Ivory Coast asks French troops to leave, the latest African country to do so

Dec. 31, 2024 18:29 PM EST

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — 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. Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara said the pullout...