President Emmanuel Macron has announced a major drawdown of France’s military presence in the Sahel where forces have been battling militants for nearly a decade. At a news conference, Macron said that the existing Barkhane operation would end, with France’s presence becoming part of the so-called Takuba international task force in which “hundreds” of French soldiers would form the “backbone”. France currently has 5,100 troops in the arid and volatile Sahel region, which stretches across Africa under the Sahara desert and spans half a dozen countries. “The time has come: Our commitment in the Sahel will not continue in the same way,” Macron said. “We will undertake a profound transformation
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