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French President Emmanuel Macron celebrates with French soldiers during a Christmas dinner at Port-Bouet military camp near Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Dec. 21, 2019, during a visit to West Africa. [VOA]
In a major shift in West Africa's security landscape, Ivory Coast and Senegal, regional economic powerhouses, have ordered France to remove its troops from their territories.
The withdrawals will mark the effective end of a decadeslong military presence by France in Senegal and Ivory Coast. But why is this happening?
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