France's military presence in Africa has been steadily declining recently as several nations seek to remove French forces - ...

some 64 years after Senegal's independence from France. He however maintained that the act did not constitute a break with France, like those seen elsewhere in west Africa in recent years.

France has around 1,000 troops in Chad, 600 in Ivory Coast, and 350 in Senegal. Since independence, France had colonial pacts with these former colonies to maintain economic, political ...

Since the independence of French colonies ... thousands of permanent troops in the region. France currently has 600 troops in Ivory Coast, 350 in Senegal and 350 in Gabon, as well as around ...

France’s military and foreign ministry did not immediately respond to the announcement. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye last month expressed his desire to close the French bases in Senegal.