French troops return to Mali – Dinakaran

Paris: French and European forces have withdrawn from fighting Islamic extremists in Mali since 2013. In an interview in Paris yesterday, French President Emmanuel Macron said, “France has 4,300 troops stationed in the Sahel region. Of these, 2,400 are in Mali alone. We get these back. At the same time, French forces in West Africa will be there, ‘he said.