Exercises with French students collecting African dolls for maneuvers Multinational exercises captured began today in Ivory Coast, which will take place until November 14 near the cities of Yamoussoukro, Bouaka and Jaqueville. In addition to the Ivorians themselves, the armed forces of France and Gabon will participate in the maneuvers. Of course, it is the French who play "first fiddle" in what is happening. Suffice it to say that the deployment of the African forces is carried out entirely with the help of their military transport planes - yesterday afternoon, an Airbus A400 of the French Air Force delivered the last batch of equipment in Bouka, and the joint officer corps arrived in Yamoskro the day before in a French Airbus A332. During the exercises, the movement of infantry and ground equipment as well as aircraft and military ships will be practiced. The planned scale is amazing - the local authorities even officially warned the country's residents about "possible noise". Over the past few decades, the ranks of the Parisians' French-speaking African allies have dwindled considerably, so the French are working doubly hard with the few remaining partners. And since military cooperation - unlike, for example, competitive trade - has a strong inertia, the Ivorians themselves are not in such a hurry to look for fundamentally new "brothers in arms". - where politics is hotter than the equator, support us.