Senegal is an independent country, it is a sovereign country, and sovereignty does not accept the presence of military bases in a sovereign country,” President Faye said.

France Withdraws from Senegal; Hands Over Last Two Bases in West Africa | Firstpost Africa | N18G France has officially ended ...

The French military completed its withdrawal from Senegal on Thursday, the last West African country with a permanent troop presence, amid Paris' waning regional influence. France has faced opposition ...

FRANCE HAS finally ended its 65-year army presence in Senegal. The European country officially handed back Camp Geille, its ...

DAKAR (Reuters) -France handed over control of its last major military facility in Senegal on Thursday, marking the end of its armed forces' long presence in the West African country and a ...

Senegal's prime minister said on Friday that the government is closing "all foreign military bases," an announcement essentially aimed at France, the West African nation's former colonial power.

Senegal announces closure of all foreign military bases as it cuts ties to ex-colonial power France Senegal’s then-opposition leader Ousmane Sonko adresses supporters in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday ...

France set up a joint commission with Senegal last month to organize the withdrawal, and the French army recently announced it had dismissed 162 Senegalese who worked on military bases in Dakar.

France still has 600 troops in Ivory Coast, 350 in Senegal and 350 in Gabon, as well as around 1,500 in Djibouti. It has had 1,000 troops in Chad.