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After some hints to the contrary, it turns out French troops in the Sahel aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. So said President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on February 16, even before his virtual summit with France’s former-colonial "partners" – Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, Mauritania, and Chad – comprising the G5 Sahel Joint Force. Formed in 2014, it’s described in bureaucratic Paris-speak as "an intergovernmental cooperation framework, in order to put forward a regional response to the various challenges." In reality, the G5 are little more than a misfit crew of...

The fighting in Mali is spreading, internally and beyond. Short-term French successes cannot overall help with the country's struggle against Islamist insurgency, interethnic conflict and crippling poverty.

France touts military successes to win allies in G5 Sahel operations France 24 16/02/2021 Aude MAZOUE © Daphné Benoît, AFP Eight years after France launched a military operation in Mali, the mission has expanded while the insecurity in the Sahel region has increased. But at the 2021 G5 Sahel summit this week, recent military achievements over the past year served as an incentive to continue operations and try to boost commitments from local governments and European allies. A year ago, French President Emmanuel Macron and leaders of five Sahel countries that make up the...

Africa – Security – Summit February 15, 2021 to 13:09 614 APA-N'Djamena (Chad) A G5 Sahel summit opened in the Chadian capital N’Djamena on Monday, without the physical presence of the French president who is participating by videoconference. After announcing he would attend the summit President Emmanuel Macron later changed his mind.  The G5 Sahel brings together Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad. In France, as in Sahelian nations, the decisions from the summit will be keen...

Algeria calls on African Sahel countries to face threats using internal capabilities February 11, 2021 at 3:00 am | Published in: Africa, Algeria, Europe & Russia, France, News Protestors hold an Algerian flag during a demonstration, in Bordeaux, southwestern France on December 12, 2020 [THIBAUD MORITZ/AFP via Getty Images] February 11, 2021 at 3:00 am Algeria has called on the African Sahel countries to achieve military cooperation that depends exclusively on the capabilities of the armies of the region, which is currently witnessing a significant French military presence. This came in ...