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This photograph shows a map of French army locations in Sahel, as French President delivers his speech after a meeting with leaders of the G5 Sahel, via visio-conference, in Paris, on February 16, 2021. Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno said on February 15, 2021, he would send 1,200 soldiers to the flashpoint "three border" zone between Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso as part of the G5 Sahel group's fight against jihadists in the region. Defence ministers from the regional group, which also includes Mauritania, visited the troops slated for the deployment at their current posting in the Nigerien city of N'Guigmi, near the Chadian border, state television in Chad showed. (Photo by Francois Mori / POOL / AFP) (Photo by FRANCOIS MORI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)