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Therefore, Operation Barkhane was launched in order to assure the Sahel nations' security, and in effect France's security. [23] The operation is the successor of Operation Serval, the French military mission in Mali, [ 24 ] and Operation Epervier , the mission in Chad.
The success of this operation was short-lived as militant groups began to appear in neighboring nations, including Chad and Burkina Faso. By 2014, the French military sent over 5,000 troops to the Sahel under Operation Barkhane as means to support governments throughout the region in their struggle against Islamist groups. [10]
Later, on February 20, Damiba announced the expulsion of Barkhane troops from Burkina Faso, stating that they were looking for other partners to combat the insurgency. [7] The Ouahigouya ambush was one of the last French operations of Operation Barkhane in Burkina Faso.
PARIS (Reuters) -President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday France's operation battling Islamist militants in the Sahel region of West Africa would come to an end with troops now operating as part ...
The incident, which occurred on Thursday in the remote Gao region, is the second time this year that France's Operation Barkhane has been accused of killing civilians. The operation comprises more ...
On 27 March 2020, the governments of Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Mali, Niger, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom issued a political statement expressing support for the creation of a task force, integrated to the command of French operation Barkhane, aiming at tackling the terrorist groups in the Liptako region, a historic region ...
Between August 17 to 21, 2021, French forces under Operation Barkhane launched an operation to attack Islamic State in the Greater Sahara bases located in the Dangalous forest near Indelimane village of Mali. The battle killed the commander of ISGS, Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi. [1]
French forces in Operation Barkhane had expanded to Niger to combat jihadist groups transporting supplies and information in and out of Mali by 2014. In September 2014, French and Nigerien forces conducted an operation in Niger and one in northern Mali that led to the arrest of a close confidant of AQIM emir Mokhtar Belmokhtar.