(Washington Post) Ellen Francis - A French drone strike in August killed Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, believed to be the mastermind of attacks in Niger that claimed the lives of four U.S. soldiers in 2017 and six French aid workers in 2020. France has 5,100 troops in West Africa, but plans to slash its military presence there by half over the next year.
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