France’s president sees new role for its Djibouti military base

After being forced to withdraw its troops from the Sahel region in West Africa, France’s president said on Friday that its military base in Djibouti could assume a great role.

Emmanuel Macron said it would be “reinvented” as a projection point for the country’s missions in Africa.

Currently the base is more focused on the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the Indo-Pacific than it is on Africa.

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