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The French military has completed its withdrawal from Senegal, its last West African country with a permanent troop presence, ...
France handed over control of its last major military facility in Senegal on Thursday, marking the end of its armed forces' ...
France officially ended 65 years of permanent military presence in Senegal with a symbolic handover of its last two military ...
DAKAR, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Saturday visited several military sites recently handed over by France, in what the Senegalese presidency described as "a major ...
The military camp had been occupied by French forces since Senegal’s independence in 1960 and was still home to 350 troops.
In a moment heavy with history and symbolism, France has officially ended its decades-long military presence in Senegal, ...
France has closed its permanent military bases in Chad and Ivory Coast since early 2025, but no base closure has been ...
France’s decades-long military presence in West Africa came to a symbolic end on Thursday as it formally withdrew its remaining troops from Senegal, the last West African nation to host a permanent ...
France returned Camp Geille, its largest base in Senegal, and its airfield at Dakar’s airport in a ceremony on Thursday ...
The French military completed its withdrawal from Senegal on July 17 — the last West African country where it maintained a ...
Senegal’s new government has taken a hard-line stance against the presence of French troops as part of a larger regional ...
France has faced opposition from leaders of some of its former colonies in Africa over what they described as a demeaning and ...