Now Playing: Fermeture de base militaire francais a Senegal
Topic: Politics
1960 - 2010
50 years independence Day for Senegal from colonial power France
They vowed that they are ready to defend their jobs by all means, which they described as threatened by the development. France, in what is more or less a tradition in all its former colonies, maintains sizeable military bases with its troops working alongside local troops.
However, a presidential statement released last Friday announced the dismantling of French military bases across Senegal under an agreement between the two countries, which will come into effect by April 4, 2010, to almost coincide with the country’s fiftieth Independence anniversary.
The decision was reportedly reached by the two parties after a meeting between President Wade and the French Defense minister, Hervé Morin, in Dakar, last Friday.
The presence of the French troops in Senegal has been a subject of debate, with some Senegalese seeing it as a source of domination by the former colonial master, France.
source: africanews.com
