Tag: troops deployment
Boko Haram forces of evil, say Chadian demonstrators
Tens of thousands of people rallied in the capital of Chad on Saturday to support the authorities’ decision to send…
Brazil sends troops to troubled World Cup city
Troops patrolled Salvador de Bahia on Thursday after a wave of looting and murder erupted amid a police strike in…
Nigeria sends troops to fight ethnic militia
Nigeria’s Federal Government on Wednesday ordered immediate troops’ deployment to North Central State of Nasarawa where clashes between members of…
Mali: Chad urges speedy deployment of troops by ECOWAS
Chad’s President Idriss Deby Itno on Wednesday urged the Malian army and West African force to speed up the deployment…
West African defence chiefs talk Mali force
West African defence chiefs met in Abidjan on Saturday to discuss “boosting” an African force in Mali aimed at supporting…
Jonathan boosts troop deployment to Mali
Nigeria has boosted its troop allotment for Mali to 1,200 soldiers from 900 planned earlier as part of an African…
West African troops deployed to Mali to fight Islamists
The chairman of west African bloc ECOWAS on Friday authorised the immediate deployment of troops to Mali, a statement said…