Chad will strengthen its UN force in Mali against the jihadists, President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno announced on Monday, three days after the announcement by France and its European partners of their military withdrawal from this country. .
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“Mali is the epicenter of terrorism in the Sahel. With the agreement of the Malian authorities and the Minusma (the UN force), we are going to reinforce our staff" who are "under the authority of the Minusma"
, declared on State radio and television the young man. general and head of the military junta which took power ten months ago on the death of his father Idriss Déby Itno.
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