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Barkhane: General Marc Conruyt to take over from Pascal Facon

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“The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado”

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The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

As the Sahel security crisis worsens, with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) increasingly active, the states in the region find themselves in an ever more vulnerable position. In an attempt to stem the flow of jihadist propaganda which now risks overflowing into the coastal states, a number of security operations have been launched, among them Operation Barkhane, the G5 Sahel joint force, MINUSMA, and the Coalition for the Sahel. [...]

The current deputy director of the French army's human resources policy department, General Marc Conruyt, is set to replace Pascal Facon as head of Operation Barkhane this summer. [...]

Published on 04/05/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Following the death on 5 September of two French soldiers, who were caught in the explosion of a crudely made bomb not far from Tessalit on the border between Algeria and Mali, the French army's health service is to set up a new intensive care and emergency surgery unit.

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