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France has handed over the last military base in Senegal to the country’s government. Now France does not have any permanent military presence in central and western Africa. The pushback against ...
France officially ended 65 years of permanent military presence in Senegal with a symbolic handover of its last two military ...
France handed over control of its last major military facility in Senegal on Thursday, marking the end of its armed forces' ...
France Withdraws from Senegal; Hands Over Last Two Bases in West Africa | Firstpost Africa | N18G France has officially ended ...
The French military completed its withdrawal from Senegal on Thursday, the last West African country where it maintained a ...
France returned Camp Geille, its largest base in Senegal, and its airfield at Dakar’s airport in a ceremony on Thursday attended by top French and Senegalese officials, including Senegalese Chief of ...
France on Thursday officially handed over its last two military bases in Senegal, marking the end of a 65-year military ...
Senegal's prime minister said on Friday that the government is closing "all foreign military bases," an announcement essentially aimed at France, the West African nation's former colonial power.
France set up a joint commission with Senegal last month to organize the withdrawal, and the French army recently announced it had dismissed 162 Senegalese who worked on military bases in Dakar.