Le Figaro.
- What is your reaction to the announcement of the end of Barkhane and Takuba?
Mohammad BAZOUM.
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I obviously deplore this, because Barkhane and Takuba play a very important role in securing northern Mali, so close to Niger.
Their departure will create a vacuum which will be filled by the terrorist organizations already very present in this region.
This will be a threat that will jeopardize the entire stability of Mali first, then that of Niger and the sub-region by contagion effect.
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