Sahel Zone

[Quintus Fabius]

https://mwi.usma.edu/after-mali-learning...the-sahel/

After Mali: Learning from the French Experience of Irregular Warfare in the Sahel

Our guests begin by explaining why the French were involved in combat operations in the Sahel region of Africa and how their forces were organized against several armed insurgencies. They go on to explore the effectiveness, and shortfalls, of the light-footprint approach utilized by the French in Africa, to include in the area of building partner-force capacity. They conclude by emphasizing the essential role that local political dynamics play in irregular warfare success and arguing that French operations in Africa provide a valuable case study in light-footprint intervention as compared to the US-led large-footprint intervention in Afghanistan.

Mit Brigadier General François-Marie Gougeon

https://shape.nato.int/about/leadership-...ves/france