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Head of Burkina Faso's army Colonel Adam Nere receives a flag from French Lieutenant-Colonel Louis Lecacheur during a military handover ceremony to officially mark the end of French military operations on Burkinabe soil, at the base of Kamboincin, Burkina Faso February 18, 2023. Burkina Faso's General Staff of the Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERS
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Burkina Faso marks official end of French military operations on its soil

French President Emmanuel Macron, flanked by Ghana's President Nana Afuko Addo, Senegal's President Macky Sall, and European Council President Charles Michel, holds a joint press conference on France's engagement in the Sahel region, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France, February 17, 2022. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON/Pool via REUTERS
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French military to quit Mali in possible boost to jihadists

A municipal employee arranges coffins containing remains of Russian and French soldiers who died during Napoleon's 1812 retreat, in a small church in the monastery of John the Precursor in the town of Vyazma.
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200-year after Napoleon defeat, Russia and France bury their dead

A close-up of a France's flag patch worn by French troops in Africa's Sahel region as part of the anti-insurgent Operation Barkhane in Inaloglog, Mali, October 17, 2017/ Reuters
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