Pau Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/pau/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 13 Jan 2020 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Pau Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/pau/ 32 32 France to bolster support for fighting jihadis in the Sahel https://jjcornish.com/2020/01/france-to-bolster-support-for-fighting-jihadis-in-the-sahel/ Mon, 13 Jan 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2020/01/france-to-bolster-support-for-fighting-jihadis-in-the-sahel/ President Emmanuel Macron says France will bolster support for the countries fighting Islamist terrorism in the Sahel. He was speaking at a summit in Pau he hosted for the five countries facing increasing violence from the so-called Islamist State in Greater Sahara. President Emmanuel Macron is concerned about the anti-French sentiment expressed in Mali, Mauritania, […]

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]]> President Emmanuel Macron says France will bolster support for the countries fighting Islamist terrorism in the Sahel.

He was speaking at a summit in Pau he hosted for the five countries facing increasing violence from the so-called Islamist State in Greater Sahara.

President Emmanuel Macron is concerned about the anti-French sentiment expressed in Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Chad and Burkina Faso about its military support for the fight against jihadis.

France has 4500 troops in the region where it stepped in to stop Mali being overrun by terrorists.

At the Pau summit he committed a further 220 troops to the operation which will now have a joint command structure.

The six countries present called on the United States to continue what they called its crucial support for their fight.

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