France intends to reduce its military presence in West and Central Africa to only about 600 soldiers, according to President Emmanuel Macron’s plan, according to what three sources told Agence France-Presse.

This decision came in light of increasing anti-French sentiment in some of its former colonies.

According to a plan under discussion with African partners, France will significantly reduce the number of its forces previously deployed in Africa, and according to sources close to the French government, it will maintain only about 100 soldiers in Gabon in Central Africa, and a similar number in Senegal in West Africa, compared to the current 350 soldiers in each country. From both countries.
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