France ends its permanent military presence in Senegal details
France officially ended today, Thursday, its permanent military presence in Senegal, which lasted 65 years, after handing over the latest French military bases to the Senegalese authorities, during an official ceremony in the capital, Dakar. Thursday. A French military camp in Senegal, located in the Awam Gammal area in Dakar, and includes the Center for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Regional Cooperation Unit, as well as the advanced military air scale at the Airport of the Senegalese capital. 350 French soldiers, their main mission was to implement operational military partnership activities with the Senegalese armed forces. Since 2022, the French army has ended its permanent presence in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad and Gabon. The Senegalese Army between 1960 and 1974. Which did not include combat units but a group of specialized coaches. In 2012, the military partnership changed was approved by signing a treaty in the field of military cooperation between the two countries. The Senegalese forces alone became responsible for defending the integrity of the country’s lands. But the new leaders who took power in April 2024 pledged to treat France equally with its other foreign partners, in an effort to restore sovereignty. It is a sovereign state, and sovereignty does not allow the presence of military bases in a sovereign state & quot. However, he considered that the move does not mean a break with France, but rather establishes & quot; Gabonese-French focuses on training. After handing this base in Dakar today, France still has a permanent military base in Djibouti that includes about 1500 soldiers, and Paris seeks to make it & quot; a starting point & quot; For & quot; tasks & quot; In Africa, after the withdrawal of its forces from the Sahel region.
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