Should The U.S. Intensify Its Military Invovlement In The Sahel?

Image: U.S. Air Force (Photo by Staff Sgt. Devin Boyer)

Olivier-Rémy Bel, War On The Rocks: America Shouldn’t Abandon Its Allies in the Sahel

Emmanuel Macron follows the United States National Security Council’s Twitter account. At least, that is one of the takeaways from the Pau Sahel Summit, where he read a tweet posted moments earlier as a possible sign of continued American support to counterterrorist efforts in the Sahel.

On Jan. 13, leaders from the G5 Sahel (i.e., Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Mauritania) as well as France, the European Union, and the United Nations, gathered in southwestern France to tackle the worsening crisis in the Sahel. Reports that Washington was considering a major reduction of U.S. troops in Africa, as well as potential cuts to the United Nations mission in Mali, was in the back of everyone’s mind.

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Update: French defense minister’s US visit comes with an ask: Keep troops in Africa (Defense News)

WNU Editor: The French definitely do not want the U.S. to leave.