French soldiers to leave Timbuktu, last of three bases in Northern Mali

Name: French soldiers to leave Timbuktu, last of three bases in Northern Mali
Uploaded: 2021-12-14T14:41:32+00:00
Duration: 1 min 55 s
Description: After nine years deployed in Mali, France is organising a drawdown, with troops preparing to leave the last of three bases in the far north of the insurgency-hit and poverty-wracked country. French troops were sent to Mali in 2013 by then-president Francois Hollande to tackle the rebels affiliated to Al-Qaeda or Islamic State in the arid north.

Issued on: 14/12/2021 - 15:41Modified: 14/12/2021 - 17:43

Video by: Yinka OYETADE

After nine years deployed in Mali, France is organising a drawdown, with troops preparing to leave the last of three bases in the far north of the insurgency-hit and poverty-wracked country. French troops were sent to Mali in 2013 by then-president Francois Hollande to tackle the rebels affiliated to Al-Qaeda or Islamic State in the arid north.