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FRANCE Military Kills Al-Qaeda Commander in West Africa MALI

Operation Barkhane is France’s Counterterrorism Forces in Africa. By Gary Raynaldo    DIPLOMATICT  TIMES French troops killed a top commander of an al-Qaeda-linked armed group in West African nation Mali this week, France’s Defence Minister announced.  Bah Ag Moussa, the military head of the Group to

FRANCE Launches Operation BARKHANE Elite Military Task Force TAKUBA in Africa SAHEL

Credit: Wikipedia Commons /  A French military helicopter over the Nigerien town Madama, which serves as a forward operating base for the French, Niger and Chad armies in Operation Barkhane in Sahel region of Africa. By Gary Raynaldo   DIPLOMATIC  TIMES France conducted its first deployment