
TOULON: French President Emmanuel Macron (pix) on Wednesday announced that France was ending its Barkhane anti-jihadist mission in Africa after over a decade, saying a new strategy would be worked out with African partners.“I have decided, in coordination with our partners, to make official today the end of the Barkhane operation,“ Macron said in a keynote speech on military policy.The move was the “consequence of what we have experienced” in recent months and a new strategy would be worked out within the next half-year…
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