anastasia ponko, dmitry sheveleev, maxim devitaykin and anna nikulaesh. news. they got up and left. the last 157 french soldiers have left a military base in the city of oualam in the niger republic, in a strategically important area on the somalia border. for france, as paris writes. press, this means that not only its military presence in nigeria, which lasted more than 120 years, has ended, but the final loss of influence in yet another country, the so-called francophone world. troop withdrawal began in october and now ends at the end of december, everything, as president emmanuel macron promised, to the new authorities of the african republic. the place of the french will now be taken by the niger military at home. the coup in niger, let me remind you, took place in the summer, a group of military men from the presidential guard raised a riot and announced the removal of president mohammed bazoum. to govern the country , the so-called national council for the defense of the fatherland was formed, headed by the commander of the guard, abdurrahman tchani. in august he signed a dec