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French and Chadian military personnel joined a flag ceremony to mark the start of Operation Barkhane, the counter-terrorism mission launched in the Sahel in July 2014
Whitney Baird, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for West Africa and Security Affairs in the Bureau of African Affairs, participated in discussions about the Sahel region of Africa, in Stuttgart, Germany Oct. 8, 2019. U.S.
A French special forces operator from Task Force Takuba in the Sahel, with a Milkor Multiple Grenade Launcher visible in the foreground (2 June 2022)
A flag ceremony with French and Chadian forces commemorated the launch of Operation Barkhane, the anti-terrorist campaign in Africa’s Sahel region that began in July 2014
U.S. Ambassador to Mali, Dennis B. Hankins, along with U.S. Ambassadors to Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Niger and a representative from the Office of Security Cooperation in Chad, participated in discussions about the Sahel region of Africa, in Stuttgart, Germany Oct. 8, 2019

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