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While France is ending its permanent military presence in West and Central Africa, some of its army staff will remain in the region.

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The French military completed its withdrawal from Senegal on Thursday, the last West African country where it maintained a permanent troop presence, amid waning regional influence in recent years.

More than 1,000 firefighters in the south of France are battling to control a wildfire that has burned more than 240 hectares of land, while emergency services tackle a separate blaze in Brittany.

France on Thursday formally handed back its last two military bases in Senegal, leaving Paris with no permanent army camps in either west or central Africa. Ending the French army’s 65 years in ...

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France hands over its last West African base to Senegal, ending decades of permanent troop presence amid rising regional calls for sovereignty.

Nigeria clinched gold medals in both men's and women's International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) West Africa Regional Championships.

DAKAR (AP) — The French military completed its withdrawal from Senegal on Thursday, its last West African country with a permanent troop presence, amid waning regional influence in recent years.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The French military completed its withdrawal from Senegal on Thursday, the last West African country where it maintained a permanent troop presence, amid waning regional ...