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Category: Mali
The 7 main defense challenges of 2021
2020 was a year of extraordinary defense intensity, both from a political and technological point of view. And whatever some media say, it is very likely that ...
Read the articleBarkhane: six months after the Pau Summit, what effects on the Sahelian theater?
On January 13, 2020, the Pau Summit was held to restore momentum to a demoralized and destabilized G5 Sahel under the influence of the aggressiveness of the attacks of…
Read the articleAgreement of Sweden, interest of Greece: Task Force Takuba takes shape
Announced in 2019 and officially launched in March at the instigation of France, Task Force Takuba is a European grouping of special forces intended to be deployed ...
Read the articleThe European Task Force Takuba is officially created and should be deployed in Mali this summer
Since the first years of the Malian conflict, France has sought to bring its European allies to its side. Indeed, Paris regularly recalls that the security of the gang ...
Read the articleIn Niger, anti-terrorist strikes demonstrate the complementarity between Mirage 2000D and armed drone MQ-9 Reaper
In its last weekly report, the General Staff of the Armed Forces gave details of an operation carried out on March 12 in the so-called “three borders” area, between Mali,…
Read the articleEstonia, first EU state to strengthen French forces Barkhane
There are symbols that matter, and this is one of them. Estonia has decided to send a contingent of 50 men to support French forces in Operation Barkhane. It's about…
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