Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Mali: Senegal will not be contributing troops towards ECOWAS intervention

Senegal has withdrawn a commitment to contribute troops for a regional ECOWAS intervention in Mali.

Senegal President Macky Sall communicated the decision during a visit to France.

Sall justified his decision by saying that the Senegal armed forces were already spread thin by several peacekeeping missions abroad. Peacekeepers from Senegal are presently engaged under United Nations mandates in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Sudan and Guinea-Bissau.

Some analysts

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