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Vol 65 No 19

Published 20th September 2024


President Macron plans military cuts

Phasing down security operations in West and Central Africa, Paris keeps its diplomatic and economic ambitions

Plans for a drastic pruning back of France’s military deployments in Africa could be confirmed within weeks as Paris adapts to the reality of widespread resentment of its longstanding security, political and economic presence. Even the growing force of jihadist insurgents in the Sahelian junta states is unlikely to hold back the sharp cuts planned in Paris.

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