The French head of state confirmed the official end of the anti-jihadist operation Barkhane, admitting that the next steps remain to be defined. "We will launch in the coming days a phase of exchanges with our African partners, our allies and regional organizations to evolve together the status, format and missions of the current French military bases in the Sahel and West Africa," he said. A strategy "finalized within 6 months". FRANCE 24's James Mulholland explains.
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