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Chad reinforces troops against militants in Sahel as France mulls changes Reuters 2/12/2021 Sahel summit to take stock of military, political challenge After 8 years, France struggling to find exit strategy Opposing views on whether to negotiate with jihadists
By Madjiasra Nako and John Irish
N DJAMENA, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Chad will deploy some 1,000 troops to the tri-border region of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali to reinforce national armies that, backed by French and European allies, are battling Islamist insurgents, according to French and Chadian sources.
The deployment will be announced during a summit on Feb. 15-16 in the Chadian capital N Djamena held to tackle the situation in the Sahel, a French presidency official and a senior Chadian security official said.