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G5 Sahel states join forces against the jihadist challenge.With defeats being inflicted on groups affiliated to Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq, Syria and Libya, five Sahel states have decided to join forces to face up to challenges posed by the growing threats of al‐Qaeda‐affiliated groups.Five Sahel countries held an extraordinary summit in the Malian capital Bamako in early July and agreed to set up a 5,000‐strong joint force to fight terrorist groups in the Sahel region.“This force is first going to secure the borders, particularly in the areas where terrorist groups have developed,” French Foreign Minister Yves Le Drian said on July 2nd.The summit was attended by Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Chad and Burkina Faso – and by French President Emanuel Macron, whose country has conducted military operations in Mali to drive jihadist groups out of the country's northern region.Operation Serval was launched in Mali by France in January 2013 after a coalition of jihadist groups took over the north of the country in April 2012, overpowering the secular Tuareg Azawad National Liberation Movement (MNLA). The MNLA is the latest of successive Tuareg movements fighting for the autonomy or independence of the northern Malian region of Azawad since the early 1960s.Operation Serval was
Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series – Wiley
Published: Aug 1, 2017
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