Ivory Coast officially took control of the last remaining French military base in the country on Thursday as the majority of French forces departed from countries across West Africa. Some 80 French servicemen will continue to stay in the country to advise and train the Ivorian military, according to Téné Birahima Ouattara, the Ivorian defence and state minister, at a joint conference with the French Minister of the Armed Forces. "The world is changing and changing fast. It's clear that our defence relationship also had to evolve and be based more on future prospects in the face of the realities of threats, and not on a defence relationship inspired by the past," Ouattara said.
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