President Emmanuel #Macron led a solemn tribute on Wednesday to French soldier Maxime #Blasco, who was killed in action battling Islamist insurgents in #Mali.
More than 50 French #soldiers have died in the region since Paris deployed a counterterrorism force in 2013 to drive back Islamist militant groups that had seized cities and towns in northern Mali.
FRANCE 24's Yena Lee tells us more.
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