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France to start closing military bases in Mali by the end of the year

BAMAKO, 10 July 2021, (TON): French President Emmanuel Macron said that France would begin closing its bases in northern Mali before the end of the year, as part of a drawdown of French troops fighting Islamist extremists in the Sahel.

Military bases in Kidal, Tessalit et Tombouctou, key sectors in the fight against armed groups in the region, will also be closed.

Macron said "the shutdowns of these sections will start in the second half of 2021 and be completed by early 2022."

He added “France will, in the long run, maintain 2,500 to 3,000 military personnel in the region.”

Macron announced last month that he would start removing much of the 5,100 member Barkhane force in the Sahel after eight years of helping local forces stave off the threat from Islamist rebels linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.

But the French president insisted that France would remain a long-term partner for the G5 countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania and Niger.

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