Germany's government says it has agreed to withdraw all its troops from Mali by 2024. The West African nation has been fighting a Jihadist insurgency for a decade now.

Germany has around 1,000 troops currently deployed in Mali. Most are involved in reconnaissance. The pull-out will start in mid 2023. More and more Western nations have withdrawn their forces from Mali in recent months. Its military government has become a close ally of Russia - and Russian mercenaries have been linked to several massacres there.

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