It's understandable that the colonial past makes the French staying there seem dirty, but they've done successful operations to fight back Islamist extremists. It can make sense to keep peacekeeping troops for longer.

>The Moura massacre was carried out by Malian Armed Forces and Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group between 27 and 31 March 2022, in the central Malian town of Moura, Mopti Region in conflict with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb's Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin. Over 300 civilians are alleged to have been killed according to US-based Human Rights Watch.

Massacre of 300 civilians by Wagner. This is the kind of thing France refused to do, and you asked for. Happy outcome ? Enjoy