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A French soldier was killed and another seriously injured Tuesday in the crash of a military helicopter near Abidjan. The French helicopter type Gazelle crashed around 17 hours in Modeste, a village located about ten kilometers east of the Ivorian economic capital, close to the coast.
According to a French military source who Speaking on condition of anonymity, the helicopter belongs to the French Forces in Ivory Coast (FFCI), which have a significant base near Abidjan airport, according to this source. The causes of the accident are not immediately known
A military base used in the fight against jihadist groups in the Sahel
The FFCI have about 950 men, and constitute the main French base on the African Atlantic coast . This military base is used in particular in the framework of the operation Barkhane of fight against the jihadist groups in the Sahel.
On October 14, 2017, a transport plane chartered by the French army had been damaged near the sea from Abidjan airport, killing four Moldovans and wounding four French and two Moldovans on board
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