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Mali signs defence deal with France
[MAGHAREBIA] Mali and its Sahel neighbours will receive assistance from La Belle France in their fight against terrorism."To ensure security on Malian territory and in the Sahel", the new military co-operation accord aims to improve "intelligence, training and information-sharing", French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Wednesday (July 16th) in Bamako after signing the treaty with new Malian Defence Minister Bah N'Daw. Three days earlier, La Belle France formally ended its "Serval" operation in northern Mali, replacing it with a wider counter-terrorism initiative in Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other... , Niger and Chad. Posted by: Fred 2014-07-22 |
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