Mali: France announces major anti-Jihadist operations in the Sahel

50 Jihadists affiliated to al-Qaeda were killed during an operation carried out in Mali by the French army in the area known as the “three frontiers” near Burkina Faso. On the night of Monday 2 November the French armed forces minister, Florence Parly, called a press conference to announce, in the framework of Operation “Barkhane” and “Sabre”, that some 50 Jihadists affiliated to al-Qaeda were killed by the French army on Friday 30 October during an operation conducted in Mali near the border with Burkina Faso. The French authorities are attempting to define their relations with the transitional power in Bamako….