FILE PHOTO: A close-up of a France's flag patch worn by French troops in Africa's Sahel region as part of an anti-insurgent operation in Inaloglog, Mali, October 17, 2017. Picture taken October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron will press five West African leaders on Monday to denounce anti-French sentiment in their countries over Paris's handling of an insurgency by Islamist militants, or risk France withdrawing troops from the region.
Macron summoned the leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Niger and Mauritania to the southwestern French town of Pau to discuss the battle against the insurgents in the Sahel, an arid region just below the Sahara desert.
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