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France to Send More Troops to Combat Escalating Attacks in Sahel

President Emmanuel Macron has agreed to supplement French forces in the Sahel to strengthen the fight against the escalating insurgency in the region. He met Monday with leaders from five African countries in the southern French town that was home to seven of the 13 French soldiers who died in a helicopter collision in northern Mali last November. The talks included Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (Burkina Faso), Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (Mali), Mohamed Ould el-Ghazouani (Mauritania), Mahamadou Issoufou (Niger) et Idriss Déby (Chad), as well as UN Secretary-General António Guterres. The leaders called on the United States to maintain "crucial support", according to the statement issued after the meeting concluded.

West Africa: France aims to Legitimise Sahel Anti-Jihad Fight at Pau Summit

RFI, 13 January 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron will host heads of state from west Africa Monday in the southern city of Pau to map out a new strategy to fight insurgent violence. It comes amid a… Read more »
West Africa: France and G5 Sahel Recommit Themselves as U.S. Mulls Drawdown

Council on Foreign Relations, 14 January 2020

President Emmanuel Macron of France hosted a summit in Pau, southwestern France, with the heads of state of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauretania, and Niger. The purpose of the… Read more »

Photo: UNOWAS

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations’ Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, expresses his outrage and condemnation of the terrorist act on a bus in Sourou province, in the north of Burkina Faso, in which reportedly fourteen people were killed and nineteenth others were wounded when the bus carrying students ran over an improvised explosive device on Saturday morning, 04 January.

West Africa: U.S. Might Pull Troops From West Africa, but Who Will It Affect?

IPS, 13 January 2020

While the United States is busy with foreign operations such as killing Qasem Soleimani, a key figure in Middle East Politics, behind the scenes it is reportedly considering a… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Sahel Seeks New Ways to Fight Terrorism

Deutsche Welle, 9 January 2020

Heads of state from West Africa and France will be meeting in Pau, France on Monday, to find new strategies against jihadists in the Sahel. But resistance to the presence of French… Read more »

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Is the French army the last line of defence against jihadists in Sahel region?

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France 24

Publication Date:

13 January 2020

As French President Emmanuel Macron holds a summit with leaders of African G5 Sahel nations in a bid to shore up the legitimacy of France's military ... see more »

West Africa: G5 Sahel Joint Force and the Sahel Alliance

France Diplomatie, 5 January 2020

Sahel countries – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger – face a number of challenges, including the growing threat of terrorism and organized crime, climate… Read more »
West Africa: Macron Demands Answers From Sahel Presidents on French Troops

RFI, 4 December 2019

President Emmanuel Macron announced that he invited the presidents of the five countries of the region on December 16th to Pau in the south of France. His objective: that they… Read more »