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French Army To Leave Senegal Amid Africa Downsizing

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye (R), here pictured with France's Emmanuel Macron, insisted France's troops must go (Credit: AFP)

France will on Thursday formally hand back its last military bases in Senegal, leaving the French army with no permanent camps in west and central Africa.

Ending the French army's 65 years in Senegal, the pull-out comes after similar withdrawals across the continent, with former colonies increasingly turning their backs on their former ruler.

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