France To Deploy 600 More Troops To Africa's Sahel

French President Emmanuel Macron and Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian visit the troops of France's Barkhane operation in Africa's Sahel region [File: Christophe Petit Tesson/Reuters]

Al Jazeera: France to send 600 more troops to fight armed groups in Sahel

Planned deployment would bring French military presence in Africa's Sahel region to 5,100 troops.

France has said it would boost its military presence in the Sahel by adding 600 troops to its 4,500-strong operation in Mali and four other countries in the region.

Defence Minister Florence Parly said in a statement on Sunday that the bulk of the reinforcements would be deployed by the end of February in the border zone linking Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to counter increasing violence carried out by armed groups.

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WNU Editor: Violence in the Sahel region si increasing (see map below):

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