How to secure the Sahel?
A French soldier from Operation Barkhane Force standing on a FAMa (Malian Armed Forces) base with Mount Hombori in the background.
© AFP / Daphné Benoît
By: Romain Auzouy
1 min
The French Operation Barkhane deployed in the Sahel recorded the death of five soldiers in one week in Mali.
In total, this brings to fifty the number of soldiers killed since France's engagement in the region in 2013. This raises the question of the limits of French action in the Sahel.
Publicity
The threat has evolved, should the strategy also evolve?
Should we open a dialogue with terrorist groups as proposed by the Malian authorities?
What forces could take over from Barkhane?
What about the Takuba made up of elite European units and which seems to be trampling?
How to cooperate more with the local armies?
With our guest
Niagalé Bagayoko
, president of the African security sector network (ASSN)
Newsletter
Receive all international news directly in your mailbox
I subscribe
Follow all the international news by downloading the RFI application
google-play-badge_FR
Sahel
France
Terrorism
On the same subject
Sahel: France plans to reduce the size of its Barkhane force
The world in questions
Operation Barkhane in the Sahel at the time of assessments
Guest France
The Barkhane anti-terrorist force in the Sahel: "we lose soldiers because we take risks"