G5 Sahel military force still needs money

4,788 views · Published 23 February 2018 · 2:21 · Indexed 23 September 2026

Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2018 · News & Politics

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The European Union is doubling its funding for an African body aimed at combatting armed groups across the Sahel region.

Leaders of five African countries are in Brussels for a security fundraising summit.

They need to raise more money to fund a joint military force that works alongside French and UN troops.

More than 50 countries are at the donor conference, including the US.

The so-called G5 Sahel group is made up of soldiers from Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad.


Al Jazeera's Natacha Butler reports.

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