France's waning influence in West Africa

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Ivory Coast is the latest country in West Africa to ask French troops to leave for good. It follows similar decisions by Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal and Chad. We analyse France’s shrinking military footprint in Africa – and ask what it means for the former colonial power’s relationship with the region.

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