Sahara Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/sahara/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 10 Mar 2015 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 Sahara Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/sahara/ 32 32 US special forces train Africans to fight terror https://jjcornish.com/2015/03/us-special-forces-train-africans-fight-terror/ Tue, 10 Mar 2015 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2015/03/us-special-forces-train-africans-fight-terror/ NATO troops led by the United States are engaged in an African training exercise in counter terrorism. The drills in Western Chad come as it and other Nigerian neighbours join in the battle against Boko Haram. American special forces are training troops from 20 African countries to fight terror. The exercise in the Chadian desert […]

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]]> NATO troops led by the United States are engaged in an African training exercise in counter terrorism.

The drills in Western Chad come as it and other Nigerian neighbours join in the battle against Boko Haram.

American special forces are training troops from 20 African countries to fight terror.

The exercise in the Chadian desert is part of new Western counter-terrorism tactics in Africa.

Operation Flintlock is an annual counter-terrorism exercise led by the United States and held with their Nato allies on the fringes of the Sahara.

The tenth edition is running as the region prepares to take on Boko Haram in Nigeria.

Chad has taken a leading role in this. Some of its troops currently undergoing training may be going straight back into battle.

 

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