The joint force of the G5 Sahel, but also the Barkhane force, will therefore, from today, be able to benefit from significant military support to armed terrorist groups. This battalion was eagerly awaited in the central Sahel zone.
The news was confirmed to RFI on Monday by the head of the G5 Sahel Joint Force, General Oumarou Namata, and it was with a smile on his face that he indicated that 1,200 Chadian soldiers reached the border between Burkina Faso and Mali this Monday morning and made the crossing with 900 soldiers from the joint force and a deserted tactical subgroup of the Barkhane force.
Excellent news, hammered General Namata. It is true that this Chadian force has long played Arlesian. This eighth battalion of the joint force had been hoped for in the central zone for almost two years, but each time Chadian President Idriss Déby redirected his men to the terrorist group Boko Haram in Lake Chad.
This Chadian force is now present in the Malian gourmet and this presence can be a game changer on the ground, as 1200 more soldiers is a significant effort. Above all, the Chadians are very experienced soldiers, bitter in battle. They will now comb the region where the Malian Tuareg Iyad Ag Ghali is widespread. This operation is called Samata 3 and will start in the next few days.
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