Niger Manifestation
A man holds a placard reading « Down with France » as people demonstrate against French military presence in Niger on September 18, 2022 in Niamey. – French forces first intervened in the Sahel’s jihadist emergency in 2013, sending troops to support Malian forces fighting a regional insurgency.
It widened the effort a year later with Operation Barkhane, eventually deploying some 5,100 troops, warplanes and drones in former colonies Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania and Niger. (Photo by Boureima HAMA / AFP)
