WSJ
By Nick Kostov
France will deploy an extra 600 troops to Africa’s Sahel region, reinforcing its role spearheading counterterrorism operations in parts of Africa after a helicopter crash in Mali that killed 13 of its soldiers in November.
French Defense Minister Florence Parly said Sunday that the extra troops would mainly be sent to the border area between Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, a region that has become a locus of Islamic State and al Qaeda-linked insurgencies….TO READ THE FULL STORY
