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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]France is becoming more and more irrelevant.

[u][url=https://www.defensenews.com/global/mideast-africa/2024/12/25/frances-military-is-being-ousted-from-more-african-countries/]France’s military [/url][url=https://www.defensenews.com/global/mideast-africa/2024/12/25/frances-military-is-being-ousted-from-more-african-countries/]is being ousted[/url] from more African countries[/u]

It’s been a tumultuous month for France and its relationship with former colonies in Africa, as its influence on the continent faces the biggest challenge in decades.

As Paris was devising a new military strategy that would sharply reduce its permanent troop presence in Africa, two of its closest allies struck a double blow.

The government of Chad, considered France’s most stable and loyal partner in Africa, announced on Nov. 28 it was ending defense cooperation to redefine its sovereignty.

And in an interview published hours later by Le Monde, Senegal’s new president said it was “obvious” that soon French soldiers wouldn’t be on Senegalese soil.

“Chad’s decision marks the final nail in the coffin of France’s post-colonial military dominance in the entire Sahel region,” said Mucahid Durmaz, a senior analyst at global risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft, referring to the arid region south of the Sahara.

The decisions by Senegal and Chad “are part of the wider structural transformation in the region’s engagement with France, in which Paris political and military influence continues to diminish,” Durmaz added.[/quote]
I’m not sure disengaging from Senegal and Chad makes France “irrelevant”.  [/quote]

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