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Niger becomes France’s partner of last resort after Mali withdrawal

Published on: Thursday 17 February 2022

Niger becomes France’s partner of last resort after Mali withdrawal As France and its European allies prepare to leave Mali, Paris plans to increase its military cooperation with Niger in the fight against Islamist insurgents in the Sahel. But it’s a marriage of convenience as coups and rising anti-French sentiments in the region have left Paris with little choice. Last year, at the end of a virtual G5 Sahel meeting in July, French President Emmanuel Macron held a press conference where the optics displayed the...


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