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Vol 62 No 4

Published 18th February 2021


France holds tight in the Sahel

Paris does a U-turn over troop reductions and Chad sends reinforcements

French President Emmanuel Macron stepped back from announcing troop withdrawals to his country's 5,100-strong anti-Islamist force in Mali at a 15-16 February summit in Chad. But he was buoyed by claims of progress in curbing Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) and Chad's announcement that it would commit over a thousand troops to combat the group.

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