Paris: Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group have made the Sahel region of West Africa and the Gulf of Guinea nations “a priority for their strategy of expansion,R21; French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday.
“They are investing there and exploiting local causes in order to better pursue their global and regional agenda,” said Macron, after announcing a pull-out of French and allied troops from Mali but justifying an ongoing French and EU military presence in the region.
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