Africom exercises with troops from the Sahel and some Europeans
Germany, Spain and the Netherlands will participate in a joint exercise in Senegal in February-March with Americans from Africom and Canadians as well as units from Sahel and West African countries (Burkina Faso , Mali, Mauritania, Chad, Nigeria and Senegal). named Flintlock 2011, this annual exercise aims, say its promoters, to train the armed forces of these countries to strengthen their security and limit the smuggling of arms, goods and people. The exercise was conducted in Mali in 2008 and in Burkina Faso in 2010. (photo credit: Africom / Joint Special Operations Task Force - Trans-Sahara JSOTF-TS)
Hello and thank you for this article
As you say, joint training between Africom-EU-Sahelian Forces is nothing new. INHABITED by populations too often kept away from political, economic and security management. Security in the Sahel cannot be achieved without the HELP of the TOUAREGS, and we are the only ones in power (if there are means ) put an end to the actions of Algerian terrorists without complacency. We control the area more than the Mauritanian, Nigerian, Malian and Burkinabe armies. The EU must have the courage to go even further, to anticipate and join in this fight key players: The Tuaregs
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