06/01/2021
After eight years of Mali campaign, France seeks exit strategy
Eight years after France sent troops to Mali to stop militants from invading the country, it faces tough choices about how to continue pursuing extremists without getting bogged down in a potentially un-winnable war. According to a report by AFP, five have been killed by roadside bombs in Mali in the past 10 days, bringing the number of soldiers killed across the Sahel to 50 since France launched a campaign to rid northern Mali of militants in January 2013. Among the latest victims was Sergeant Yvonne Huynh, the first female soldier killed since the start of the French intervention. His death on Saturday, claimed by a group linked to al-Qaeda, coincided with a massacre across the border in...
