Last French troops bow out of Africa’s Sahel

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The last French troops had left Niger this Friday, making it the third time in less than 18 months that French troops were sent packing from a country in the Sahel.

They were forced to leave fellow former colonies Mali last year and Burkina Faso earlier this year following military takeovers in those countries too.

The French exit from Niger leaves hundreds of US military personnel, and a number of Italian and German troops, remaining in the country.

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