French forces leave Mali’s Timbuktu after nearly nine years (Al Jazeera)

December 15, 2021

French forces have left the city of Timbuktu, the latest sign the former colonial power is scaling down its presence in northern Mali nearly nine years after a military intervention that helped push back fighters that have overrun parts of the country.

It was in Timbuktu on February 2, 2013, that former French President Francois Hollande declared the start of France’s military offensive in Mali. On Tuesday, the French flag was lowered and the Malian flag raised in its place at a military base, where a force of about 150 soldiers had remained after France began withdrawing troops.

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French forces leave Mali’s Timbuktu after nearly nine years (Al Jazeera)

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