France: France formally returned a military base in Senegal's western city of Rufisque after withdrawing troops, according to a statement from the French Embassy in Senegal.

According to Anadolu Agency, the handover is part of the ongoing withdrawal process of the French forces in Senegal. This follows the return of the Marechal and Saint-Exupery military sites on March 7 and the Contre-Amiral Protet base at the port of Dakar on May 15.

The embassy stated that the remaining military facilities will be returned by the end of July 2025, as scheduled by both parties. This handover was conducted under the May 16 decision of a joint commission and the 2012 military cooperation treaty between Paris and Dakar.

As announced in a joint communique on February 12, the Franco-Senegalese commission convened on May 16 to review the schedule for returning the last French military facilities to the West African nation. France's military presence in Africa has been steadily declining in recent years as several nations push out its forces, with plans announced to sharply reduce its footprint, leaving Djibouti as its only expected permanent base on the continent.

French troops have already withdrawn from Chad, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Ivory Coast. Paris has indicated that it may provide defense training or targeted military support based on requests by individual nations.