French troops in Sahel: A look back at Operation Barkhane

The government of Chad on Thursday abruptly ended its defence cooperation pact with France, a surprise move that caught French officials on the hop while Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, in a similar vein, called on France to close its army bases in the West African country. FRANCE 24 retraces the steps of France’s near decade-long military presence in Africa’s Sahel region.