The government of Chad on Thursday abruptly ended its defense cooperation pact with France, a surprise move that caught French officials on the hop while Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, in a similar vein, called on France to close its army bases in the West African country . FRANCE 24 traces the steps of France’s near decade-long military presence in Africa’s Sahel region.
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French troops in Sahel: A look back at Operation Barkhane
