The last French troops are to withdraw from Niger on Friday, marking an end to more than a decade of French anti-jihadist operations in west Africa's Sahel region.The withdrawal is a complex operation, with road convoys having to drive up to 1,700 kilometres (1,000 miles) on sometimes perilous desert routes to the French centre for Sahel operations in neighbouring Chad.
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German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius noted that it was a "historic moment" because it would be the first permanent deployment of German troops abroad since the end of World War II.
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