French Army To Leave Senegal Amid Africa Downsizing

Fuente: International Business Times

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye (R), here pictured with France's Emmanuel Macron, insisted France's troops must go 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. Around 350 French soldiers, primarily tasked with conducting joint operations with the Senegalese army, will leave the west African nation after a three-month departure process.