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Wikipedia Overview
Operation Barkhane was a counterinsurgency operation that started on 1 August 2014 and formally ended on 9 November 2022. It was led by the French military against Islamist groups in Africa's Sahel region and consisted of a roughly 3,000-strong French force, which was permanently headquartered in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad. The operation was led in co-operation with five countries, all of which are former French colonies that span the Sahel: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger. Mali was a part of the operation until August 2022. The countries are collectively referred to as the "G5 Sahel". The operation was named after a crescent-shaped dune type that is common in the Sahara desert.
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Why the United States Should Pay More Attention to the War in Mali - The National Interest
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French Barkhane: success or failure in the Sahel? - Defence24.com
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Operation Barkhane, Background, Objectives, Features - Vajiram & Ravi
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After Barkhane: Rethinking France’s Strategic Posture in West Africa - l'Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI)
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The End of Operation Barkhane and the Future of Counterterrorism in Mali - CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies
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How France Failed Mali: the End of Operation Barkhane - Harvard International Review
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Operation Barkhane: Success? Failure? Mixed Bag? - Institut Montaigne
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After ten years, France to end military operation Barkhane in Sahel - Le Monde.fr
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Security in the Sahel and the end of Operation Barkhane - The International Institute for Strategic Studies
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Operation Barkhane and the Future of Intervention in the Sahel - Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
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Why France Failed in Mali - War on the Rocks
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France’s action in the Sahel - France ONU
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After Barkhane: What France’s military drawdown means for the Sahel - European Council on Foreign Relations
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Barkhane, Takuba, Sabre: French and European military missions in the Sahel - France 24
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French President Macron Expands on Sahel Drawdown Plan - Council on Foreign Relations
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France ends West African Barkhane military operation - Reuters
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13e DBLE: 2022 Operation Barkhane - French Foreign Legion Information
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Lessons must be learnt before Barkhane marches into new territory - ISS Africa
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UN and African Union key to public support for French military operations in Africa - The Conversation
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France, a strategic partner of the Lake Chad basin countries - France ONU
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France calls time on anti-jihadist Operation Barkhane in Sahel - BBC
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What have French forces achieved in the Sahel? - The Economist
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French Military in the Sahel: An Unwinnable (Dis)Engagement? - Institut Montaigne
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IntelBrief: French Withdrawal from Mali Leaves UN Peace Operation Vulnerable - The Soufan Center
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The end of Barkhane in Mali: What’s next for the Sahel? - ISPI
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Operation Barkhane: France's Counter-Terrorism Forces in Africa - The Atlantic
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UK extends helicopter deployment to France-led Operation Barkhane in the Sahel - The Defense Post
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Operation Barkhane: Immersion in the three-border region - French Foreign Legion Information
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France will end anti-terror Operation Bakhane in Africa’s Sahel - CNN
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France's Barkhane military operation discreetly withdraws from Mali - Le Monde.fr
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Operation Barkhane: Why France chose Chad as key counter-terrorism partner – By Celeste Hicks - African Arguments
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Foreign Affairs Column: The end of Operation Barkhane - udreview.com
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Sahel: Macron to announce the official end of Operation Barkhane - africanews.com
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What is the real civilian toll of France’s anti-jihadist war in Mali? - The New Humanitarian
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Macron: Barkhane mission ending, French presence to stay in Sahel - Al Jazeera
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Eye on Africa - France ends decade-long Operation Barkhane in Sahel region - France 24
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Anti-imperialists protest French-led Operation Barkhane in the Sahel - Peoples Dispatch
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France and the Barkhane Operation: Shaping a Way Ahead - SLDinfo.com
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Welcome to France’s New War on Terror in Africa: Operation Barkhane - The National Interest
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Mali: Nationalists welcome withdrawal of last French Barkhane forces - africanews.com
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Operation Barkhane Update, April 2020 - SLDinfo.com
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The French Army's Decade in Mali - VOA Africa
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What’s Next for Operation Barkhane in the Sahel? - ISPI
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Czech Republic plans to send 60 troops to France-led Barkhane mission in the Sahel - The Defense Post
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Last French troops pull out of Mali, ending Operation Barkhane - Anadolu Ajansı
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'End of an era' as France pulls out of Mali. Was the mission a failure? - RFI
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What does end of France’s Barkhane mission mean for Burkina Faso? - Al Jazeera
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France announces capture of senior Islamic State figure in Mali - Reuters
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Timeline: Nine years of French troops in Mali - Al Jazeera
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France Deploys Troops Globally in Counter-Extremism Fight - U.S. Department of War (.gov)
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French ‘summons’ on Operation Barkhane raises hackles in Mali and Burkina Faso - The Africa Report
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France out of West Africa, supposedly ending 8-years of muddled military mission - Responsible Statecraft
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France and Operation Barkhane: looking for a transition - Atalayar
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Macron announces end of major military operation in West Africa but suggests France will maintain a presence - The Washington Post
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Soldiers injured in Mali car bomb targeting France’s Barkhane force - RFI
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France: Operation Barkhane, "not a failure", says the Minister of the Armed Forces - africanews.com
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Car bomb targets France's Barkhane force in Mali, several soldiers injured - France 24
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Barkhane operations kill more than 30 ‘terrorists’ in Mali - The Defense Post
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Macron threatens to pull troops from Mali if ‘radical Islamism’ takes hold - France 24
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French troops kill leader of Islamic State group in Sahel, Macron says - France 24
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Reporters - Meet the French troops hunting jihadists in Sahel - France 24
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Niger: Opposition, civil society groups welcome end of French Barkhane operation - africanews.com
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France Partners with Sahel Allies to Launch Operation Barkhane - Africa Defense Forum
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French Soldier Killed After Attack on Mali Military Base - VOA - Voice of America English News
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Operation Barkhane: 13 French soldiers died, including a legionnaire - French Foreign Legion Information
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Mali: French forces targeted in Gao attack - The Defense Post
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Estonia parliament approves Mali troop increase for Operation Barkhane - The Defense Post
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Sahel: France to further strengthen Barkhane, Takuba ‘fully operational by autumn’ - The Defense Post
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Barkhane force ‘neutralizes’ 8 ISIS fighters during 9-day Mali operation - The Defense Post
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WEST AFRICA/FRANCE • Operation Barkhane commanders' second life - 17/06/2020 - Africa Intelligence
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Mali-France: ‘How will we bring an end to Operation Barkhane’? - The Africa Report
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French troops in Sahel: A look back at Operation Barkhane - France 24
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Mali's New Leadership Raises Questions About French Counterinsurgency Mission - VOA - Voice of America English News
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Denmark parliament approves deployments to Barkhane and MINUSMA in the Sahel - The Defense Post
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Emmanuel Dupuy: "We should have Europeanised Operation Barkhane" - Atalayar
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Barkhane commander visits Chad military base to deploy new equipment - africanews.com
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Mixed feelings over French Barkhane force exit from Africa's Sahel - africanews.com
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Mali/France: Investigate French Airstrike Killing 19 - Human Rights Watch
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Operation Barkhane: French Troops in Mali - National Review
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President Macron ends Opération Barkhane and dispels a few illusions - Africa Confidential
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Across Africa - Operation Barkhane: Malian, French troops work together to push jihadists out - France 24
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Eye on Africa - Mixed reactions to end of Operation Barkhane in Mali - France 24
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Operation Barkhane, an anti-terrorism operation in Mali. Credit: Fred Marie - African Arguments
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France deploys armed drones in the Sahel - DW.com
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Malian army says 8 soldiers killed, scores of terrorists 'neutralised' in latest clashes - France 24
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Revealed: French authorities' failed maneuvers in lead-up to journalist's kidnapping in Mali - Le Monde.fr
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France suspends military ties with Mali over coup - BBC
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WEST AFRICA/SENEGAL • Dakar, the post-Barkhane experiment - 19/04/2022 - Africa Intelligence
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Operation Barkhane: A legionnaire died - French Foreign Legion Information
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Sahel: France boosts Barkhane operation - africanews.com
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France is pulling back from Africa’s fastest-growing conflict. Who will fill the security void? - The Washington Post
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More than 30 jihadists killed in Mali operations, says French army - France 24
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2e REI: Task Force Dragon in June 2020 - French Foreign Legion Information
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Crisis in the Sahel Becoming France’s Forever War (Published 2020) - The New York Times
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France to End Operation Barkhane in the Sahel, Will Retain Smaller Force - SOFREP
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French desert troops in Mali take to boats in first for Barkhane - The Defense Post
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OPINION - Operation Barkhane: France’s Afghanistan - Anadolu Ajansı
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US service member injured, French soldier killed in Mali attack - Military Times
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French withdrawal from Mali: 'The closing of a 30-year cycle of French external operations in Africa' - Le Monde.fr
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More than 50 ‘terrorists’ killed in French commando operations in Mali - The Defense Post
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