![French President Emmanuel Macron (3-R), Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (2-L), Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore (R), Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou (2-R), Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani (L) and Chad's President Idriss Deby (3-R) attend a press conference as part of the G5 Sahel summit on the situation in the Sahel region at the Chateau de Pau (Pau Castle) in Pau, on January 13, 2020. France and its five partner nations in the Sahel region of West Africa pledged on January 13, 2020 to bolster their fight against jihadists waging an increasingly deadly insurgency, while urging allies to join their effort to restore government control across the vast region. / AFP / POOL / Guillaume HORCAJUELO](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/OUGWMXHHKVAZWHGFZG44OIVDLY.jpg?smart=true&auth=11406988c2568cedf3195d0f672f9b608a0ce098e6bf962a1af7eead979a033c&width=400&height=225)
France and its five partner nations in the Sahel region of West Africa pledged on January 13, 2020 to bolster their fight against extremists waging an increasingly deadly insurgency, while urging allies to join their effort to restore government control across the vast region. / AFP / POOL / Guillaume HORCAJUELO
France and its five partner nations in the Sahel region of West Africa pledged on January 13, 2020 to bolster their fight against extremists waging an increasingly deadly insurgency, while urging allShow more
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22 January, 2020
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