The Chief of Staff of the French Armies meets the soldiers of Operation Barkhane
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The Barkhane force in action in Mali (illustrative image).
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By: Franck Alexandre
4 min
General François Lecointre returned on Saturday from a two-day inspection visit to Niger and Mali, his 7th visit to the Barkhane force's theater of operations.
In Hombori, in the Malian Gourma desert, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces went to meet French soldiers and their partners from the Malian armed forces.
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