European Support For Sahel ‘mutually Reinforcing’
French and German support for a regional Sahel force to battle jihadists will persuade other European nations of the benefits ...
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Macron In Mali For Diplomatic Push On Sahel Anti-Jihadist Force
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday threw his weight behind a planned Sahel force to fight jihadists on a lightning ...
UN Security Council Unanimously Welcomes Sahel Force
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Wednesday that paves the way for the deployment of a five-nation African ...
France, US Agree UN Draft On Anti-Jihadist Sahel Force
France and the United States have reached agreement on a draft UN resolution that would pave the way for the ...
France Will Ask UN To Authorize Sahel Counter-Terror Force
France will ask the UN Security Council to authorize an African military force for the Sahel region that will be ...
French Forces Battle Militants In Northern Mali
French forces operating in northern Mali said Friday that they had taken "out of action" around 20 militants in operations ...
New French President Reaffirms Commitment To Fight Terrorism In Sahel
During his election campaign, France’s new president Emmanuel Macron promised he would visit French troops in Mali. Just days into ...
Macron Visits French Troops In Mali’s Restive North
President Emmanuel Macron arrived Friday in conflict-torn Mali to visit French troops fighting jihadists on his first official trip outside ...
Macron In Mali’s Restive North For Morale-Boosting Visit
President Emmanuel Macron on Friday visits conflict-torn Mali, where French troops have been fighting jihadists for four years, in his ...
Nine Malian Soldiers Killed In Central Mali Attack
Nine Malian soldiers were killed and five wounded in an area regularly targeted by jihadist groups, as the commander of ...
France Says ’20 Fighters Killed’ In Northern Mali
France says it has killed about 20 suspected fighters in a forest near Mali's border with Burkina Faso. French Mirage ...
Around 20 Jihadists Killed Or Captured In Mali’s North
French soldiers killed or captured about 20 jihadists in Mali's restive north where a French soldier was killed on April ...
US Counting On French Anti-Terror Ops In Africa
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday urged France to continue its African anti-terror operations under its new presidency, as ...
‘Jihadists’ Kill 4 Soldiers In Mali’s North
Suspected jihadists on Tuesday killed four Malian soldiers in an attack in the restive northern region of Timbuktu, the French ...
French National Abducted In Chad
A French civilian has been abducted in the central African nation of Chad, French authorities said on Thursday. The kidnapping ...
France Sends Backup To Niger After 16 Troops Killed
France is to send a contingent of counterterror forces to help the army in Niger after militants ambushed a military ...