French forces out of Senegal by the end of 2025 | History news

Senegal has been walking itself from the colonial past, after the direction that is swept throughout West and Central Africa since 2022.

France and Senegal set conditions for the withdrawal of all French soldiers stationed in the country of West Africa by the end of this year.

The two countries said in a statement on Wednesday that they are establishing a joint committee that supervises the “departure of French elements” from the country and “restoring (military) bases” by the end of the year.

The foreign ministries of both countries said that they intend to work on a “new defense and security partnership” that would take into account “the strategic priorities of all parties.”

In November, the Senegalese President Passero Diomae Fi announced that the rules of the French army are “incompatible” with the country’s sovereignty and its 350 -soldiers must leave.

This step came before Senegal Distinguishing the eighty anniversary of Mass killings West African soldiers by the colonial forces in 1944.

Tirailleurs Senegalais, who fought the France war against Nazi Germany, protested the delay in salaries and poor living conditions when colonial soldiers opened fire on them.

French President Emmanuel Macron admitted in a letter to Fi last year that France committed a “massacre”.

Senegal’s refusal to its colonial past continues to go throughout West and Central Africa, as countries reduce relations with France.

At the end of January, France completed the withdrawal of its forces from Chad while Ivory Coast It announced earlier the withdrawal of the French forces.

The tone was completely different from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, whose military governments combined brought about 4,300 French soldiers from their countries in 2022. Three countriesFrance refused to support the coups that it moved to power.