French troops fully withdraw from Mali
After the army said that the terrorists who killed 42 soldiers in Gao's Tessit town on August 7 may have benefited from outside backing, they accused the French forces of aiding militants.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
Almost ten years of bilateral military cooperation came to an end on Monday when the last group of French Operation Barkhane soldiers left Mali.
"The last Barkhane force combat unit in Malian territory crossed into Niger at 13:00 today (Paris time). It originated from Gao's Operational Desert Platform, which was given to the Malian armed forces this morning "In a statement, the French armed forces claimed.
The declaration came shortly after demonstrators in Gao and the capital Bamako demanded that the French military leave Mali by Wednesday.
After the army said that the terrorists who killed 42 soldiers in Gao's Tessit town on August 7 may have benefited from outside backing, they accused the French forces of aiding militants.
The withdrawal of France's 5,100-strong force from Mali was accelerated by a diplomatic crisis between Bamako and Paris over the sending of Russian Wagner mercenaries to the Sahel nation.
