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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Last french troops leave niger ending decade of sahel missions - Caught on Camera

French troops prepare for a joint mission with Niger soldiers at a French base in Niamey on May 2023. © Alain Jocard, AFP file photo

The last French troops deployed in Niger left on Friday, an AFP journalist reported, marking an end to more than a decade of French anti-jihadist operations in west Africa's Sahel region. 

"Today's date (...) marks the end of the disengagement process of French forces in the Sahel," Niger army lieutenant Salim Ibrahim said at a ceremony in Niamey marking the end of France's military presence. 

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