A French soldier from the Barkhane force, in Mali on May 19, 2017. -

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The strength of the Barkhane force will "very likely" be reduced

With five soldiers killed, the week that has just ended has been particularly murderous for the French soldiers in Mali.

In this context, France will "very probably" reduce the strength of its anti-jihadist force Barkhane in the Sahel, declared the French Minister of the Armed Forces.

In an interview with the daily

Le Parisien

to be published this Monday, Florence Parly specifies that the decision will be taken on the occasion of the next joint summit of France and the G5 Sahel countries in February in N'djamena in Chad.

Beginning of the draw of 35 citizens to support the vaccination

We know a little more about the recruitment of the collective of citizens, desired by Emmanuel Macron to support the vaccination against Covid-19.

According to the

Journal du Dimanche

, the draw will begin this Monday.

The goal is to restore confidence, while the latest polls reveal that only 40% of French people want to be vaccinated.

Donald Trump puts pressure to "find" ballots in his name

Donald Trump continues to try to change the outcome of the US presidential election.

The broadcast on Sunday of a recording of the president asking Brad Raffensperger, the Republican in charge of Georgia state elections, to "find" presidential ballots in his name, sent shock waves through states. -United.

In a recording of the discussion made without his knowledge and made public by the

Washington Post

, Donald Trump said: "All I want is to find 11,780 ballots", roughly the head start Joe Biden has in Georgia , confirmed by a recount and audits.

Brad Raffensberger, however, did not give in: "We think our figures are good".

With this new revelation, the week that begins could well be politically explosive.

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