The French military handed over its last military base and withdrew its troops on Thursday. This marks the end of a departure process that started in March.

Senegal’s new government has taken a hard-line stance against the presence of French troops as part of a larger regional backlash against what many see as the legacy of an oppressive colonial empire.V

France on Thursday formally handed back its last two military bases in Senegal, leaving Paris with no permanent camps in either west or central Africa. In February France handed back its sole remaining base in Ivory Coast,