French President Emmanuel Macron has hinted that some of his soldiers may be coming out of Africa. Would a reduction in French troops in the Sahel region suggest that the fight against extremists is a success?

Emmanuel Dupuy

President Institute for European Perspective & Security

Andrew Lebovich

Policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations

Ibrahim Maiga

Director of the Institute for Strategic analysis of Sahel and Sahara

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