‘Au Revoir’: The Last French Troops Leave Niger, Signaling the End of Paris’ Influence in Africa’s Sahel Region
As the year of Our Lord 2023 comes to an end, so does the French military presence in the West African nation of Niger.
This marks another phasing out of centuries of French colonialism in the Sahel region of the African continent.
For the third time in just a year and a half, French troops are sent packing, bidding adieu to Africa.
Reuters reported:
“The last French troops deployed in Niger to help fight a decade-old Islamist insurgency in the Sahel left the country on Friday, sealing a withdrawal that has dealt a further blow to France’s influence in West Africa.
Army officers who seized power in Niger in July made France’s military exit one of their key demands,
