In a bid to combat jihadist groups active in the Sahel region, the EU pledged to fund a force made up of troops from Mauritania, Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso and Niger – known as the Sahel G-5.
The force will also attempt to tackle trafficking networks and illegal migration in the region.
Abdoulaye Diop, Mali’s foreign minister, said on Monday the new force would have some 10,000 soldiers and police officers and would become operational by the end of the year.
The costly peacekeeping project comes amid a crisis of terrorism in Western Europe, which has seen twelve Islamist attacks taking place since January 2015, when two jihadis armed with assault rifles stormed into the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris and killed 12 journalists
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