France announced withdrawal in February as relations with Bamako frayed in wake of military coups in 2020 and 2021. France has said its final troops have left Mali, completing a withdrawal that ends a nine-year operation in the country at the centre of the Sahel region's spiralling security crisis.
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Aug 15, 2022 · The last soldiers belonging to France's Barkhane operation in Mali have now left the African country, the French chiefs of staff said on ...