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Mali: Africa's Newest Fighting Force Battles for Funding

Oct 19, 2017 | 20:14 GMT

(Stratfor)

Support for the African's newly formed Sahel Force continues to take shape. Ambassadors from countries comprising the U.N. security council landed in Mali to begin a fact-finding trip that will also take them to Mauritania and Burkina Faso. The U.N. security council's mission is to evaluate the progress of the Group of 5 (G5) Sahel Force, a burgeoning counterterrorism force that will eventually comprise several battalions, totaling 5,000-men of local soldiers from Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mauritania....

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