France’s Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly will go to Washington this week to secure continued US support for the fight against Islamist extremists in the Sahel.

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Jihadis have used northern Mali to mount a series of attacks on that country and neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.

The US has supplied drone support, logistics, intelligence and transport for the so-called G5 group of Sahel countries, backed by UN and French troops, fighting terrorists.

There have been suggestions that President Donald Trump is losing interest in this battle and France Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly is heading to Washington to urge him to maintain his support.   

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