As French troops gained ground and the Paris Commune appeared to be nearly defeated, the insurrectionist government carried out more than 100 executions.

Source: https://www.ncregister.com/cna/five-french-priests-martyred-in-anti-catholic-uprising-of-1871-beatified-in-paris

In a communique read on state television early on Sunday, the junta also repeated its call for the departure of French troops from its territory - a major source of tension between the one-time allies since the July 26 ouster of president Mohamed Bazoum.

Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/conflict/niger-junta-says-france-deploying-troops-to-intervene-c-11861534

More than 2,000 French troops left Mali last year and a 13,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force is due to shut down by the end of the year after the junta abruptly asked it to leave.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/analysis-us-military-mission-in-niger-in-focus-after-coup/article_12687b64-240a-5ce8-9c6c-645c8c1cb48e.html

Protesters hold a banner reading "Thank you Wagner," during a demonstration to celebrate France's announcement to withdraw French troops from Mali, in Bamako, on Feb. 19, 2022.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/05/17/russia-wagner-prigozhin-africa-war-security-terrorism/