The 5,000-strong army costing $400m in the first year is designed to end growing insecurity, a driving force of migration, and combat endemic people-smuggling.
What is called the G5 force, will be fully operational next spring across five Sahel states, has the strong backing of France and Italy. A joint command headquarters has been set up in central Malian town of Sevare, with operations already under way. The British support the force in principle.
The aim is for the force to be able to combat Islamic terrorism and human traffickers by operating by as much as 50km across state border lines in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger. But as they say...good intentions pave the way to Hell.
What is called the G5 force, will be fully operational next spring across five Sahel states, has the strong backing of France and Italy. A joint command headquarters has been set up in central Malian town of Sevare, with operations already under way. The British support the force in principle.
The aim is for the force to be able to combat Islamic terrorism and human traffickers by operating by as much as 50km across state border lines in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger. But as they say...good intentions pave the way to Hell.
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