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African cadets 'proud' to march alongside French counterparts on Bastille Day

Cadets from the Gabon military academy rehearse at a military camp west of Paris on the eve of 14 July Bastille Day parade. © RFI/Baptiste Coulon

For the first time, students from military academies on the African continent were invited to take part in France's 14 July Bastille Day parade. RFI met them on the eve of the big day, as they were putting the final touches to their steps and calming their nerves.

Cadets from Senegal, Madagascar, Benin and Gabon were going through their paces on Thursday at the Versailles-Satory military camp, west of Paris.

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