http://www.france24.com/en/20180221-mali-french-soldiers-killed-explosive-device-sahel
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Two French soldiers were killed after their armoured vehicle was hit by an explosive device in Mali, the French president's office said on Wednesday.
France has deployed around 4,000 French troops in the West Africa's Sahel region as part of Operation Barkhane aimed at tackling Islamist militants in the region.
The Sahel region with its huge expanse of remote desert is home to several jihadist groups. The area has seen several armed attacks on targets in neighbouring Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast in recent years.
On March 10, 2016 of French soldiers on an Operation Barkhane patrol in Timbamogoye. From that date (3/10/16) to the date of this day where 2 French soldiers were killed by an explosive device in Mali (2/21/18) is exactly 714 days.
It is also exactly 102 weeks.
The bloc is expected to announce the new money for the G5 Sahel force, grouping Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, at talks in Brussels on Friday which will be attended by French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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