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French ground crew work on a Gazelle combat helicopter at their base in Gao, Mali. In June 2021, France's President Emmanuel Macron said Operation Barkhane would end soon.

French soldiers in Gao, Mali. In February 2022, France said it was withdrawing its troops from Mali after almost a decade fighting against insurgents. AFP

The Sahel region is now home to some of the most violent and dangerous terrorists. The presence of French-led troops largely failed to tackle the insurgents. AFP

Kenyan soldiers on patrol after a 2015 attack by in Garissa, which killed almost 150. AP

French defence minister Florence Parly dines with armed forces personnel, celebrating New Year's Eve in 2017, in Tessalit, Mali. AFP

Kenyan troops during a firefight with Al Shabab in Nairobi in 2013. AFP

An armed member of the Al Shabab extremist group at a rally on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. AP

Kenyan troops use a wall as cover in the firefight with Al Shabab. AFP

A British RAF Chinook transport helicopter at the Operation Barkhane base in Gao, Mali. The French-led operation against Islamist groups in Africa's Sahel region began in 2014.

French ground crew work on a Gazelle combat helicopter at their base in Gao, Mali. In June 2021, France's President Emmanuel Macron said Operation Barkhane would end soon.

French soldiers in Gao, Mali. In February 2022, France said it was withdrawing its troops from Mali after almost a decade fighting against insurgents. AFP

The Sahel region is now home to some of the most violent and dangerous terrorists. The presence of French-led troops largely failed to tackle the insurgents. AFP

Kenyan soldiers on patrol after a 2015 attack by in Garissa, which killed almost 150. AP

French defence minister Florence Parly dines with armed forces personnel, celebrating New Year's Eve in 2017, in Tessalit, Mali. AFP

Kenyan troops during a firefight with Al Shabab in Nairobi in 2013. AFP

An armed member of the Al Shabab extremist group at a rally on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. AP

Kenyan troops use a wall as cover in the firefight with Al Shabab. AFP

A British RAF Chinook transport helicopter at the Operation Barkhane base in Gao, Mali. The French-led operation against Islamist groups in Africa's Sahel region began in 2014.

French ground crew work on a Gazelle combat helicopter at their base in Gao, Mali. In June 2021, France's President Emmanuel Macron said Operation Barkhane would end soon.

UN: Africa suffers most terrorist attacks globally this year

After taking heavy losses in Iraq and Syria, ISIS and Al Qaeda-linked groups have found a haven in Africa's most fragile states

The National Editorial

July 24, 2021

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