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You can subscribe here. /// EDITOR’s TAKE Munich calls: the annual Munich Security Conference is back with a virtual event later this evening with a high-level line-up of European and US officials, after having been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be the first chance for new US President Joe Biden, who has been a regular in Munich since 1980, to face European allies, anxious to see in person the new face of Washington, and present his slate of foreign policy ideas. “We have learned in a shocking way that there is no such thing as a permanent, long-term guarantee that the US wil...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday (16 February) backed away from immediately withdrawing French troops deployed in the Sahel region of north west Africa following a two day summit on the future of the mission against Islamic militant groups in the region.

No troop reduction as military withdrawal would be a mistake at this stage, says President Emmanuel Macron

Chad plans to deploy 1,200 troops to combat armed groups in a violence-wracked Sahel border zone as France eyes a reduction of its military presence in the vast, volatile region. Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and France are holding talks on the future of their military campaign against violent groups in the Sahel, which according to the UN have killed thousands and displaced more than two million. The Chadian soldiers will be deployed to the border zone between Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, Chad’s President Idriss Deby Itno said on Twitter during the two-day regional summit on...

Chad To Send Troops To Sahel Jihadist Flashpoint By Ali Aba KAYA with Amaury HAUCHARD in Bamako 02/15/21 AT 8:11 PM Chad will send 1,200 troops to combat jihadists in a flashpoint Sahel border zone, its president said Monday, as France looks to reduce its longstanding military presence in the vast, volatile region. Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and France are holding talks on the future of their campaign against insurgencies raging in the Sahel, which according to the UN have killed thousands and displaced more than 2 million. The troops will be deployed to the flashpoint "t...