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Spotlight FRANCE Issue dated 31/05/2017

Why Operation Barkhane is stuck in sand in Sahel

A lot of money and effort have been spent for the slimmest of results. On a whistle-stop visit to Gao on May 19 aboard a Falcon 7X jet, France’s new president, Emmanuel Macron, took the measure of work remaining to [...] (566 words)

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Rwandan soldiers move in to allow TotalEnergies to resume work

White House remains pro-Tshisekedi despite best efforts of Katumbi's lobbyists

Culmen aims high for MINUSMA logistics and training contract

Macron to attend G5 Sahel summit in Nouakchott on 30 June

Salif Traoré's election security measures

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High-level intelligence meeting at the Elysee

Paris pushes its agenda on Sahel in New York Free

Copenhagen to deploy troops in Sahel Free

Emmanuel Macron keeps Haftar out of G5 Sahel

Paris supports Deby in Tibesti Mountains

Madrid earns its stripes in Sahel

Macron returns to Bamako

Goulard differed with Macron on Barkhane

Friendship, security & business: Macron's brimming Africa agenda

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