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A convoy of French soldiers from Tabarey-Barey arrives in Niamey, Niger. The withdrawal of the French troops had been demanded by Niger's generals soon after they came to power in a coup at the end of July, and French President Emmanuel Macron announced their departure at the end of September. IMAGES
Demonstrators gather outside a military base housing French forces in Niamey, Niger, for the third day running, to demand their departure. IMAGES
Sudanese soldiers fire at targets in the capital Khartoum, as fighting entered a second month, amid talks in Saudi Arabia to end the violence. IMAGES
On a visit to Kyiv, new French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna lays flowers with her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in front of Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral, to commemorate Ukrainian soldiers who have died in combat since Russia's offensive in the Donbas in 2014. IMAGES
French officers hand over the keys to a military base in the Malian city of Timbuktu, after a nearly nine-year deployment. The French flag was lowered and the Malian flag raised in its place on the base, where a force of about 150 soldiers have remained after Paris began withdrawing troops in 2013. IMAGES
The funeral procession of three French soldiers killed in Mali passes over the Alexandre-III bridge, in front of Parisians who have come to pay tribute to them, before a ceremony at the Invalides. The three soldiers were killed on 28 December in an attack claimed by the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM), affiliated to al-Qaeda. Two other soldiers, including a woman, were killed shortly afterwards, on 2 January, in similar circumstances. IMAGES