Saudi Arabia, UAE pledge $130m for West Africa anti-jihadist force
PARIS, France – Saudi Arabia pledges $100 million towards a five-nation anti-terror force in the Sahel region of West Africa, while the United Arab Emirates offers $30 million, French President Emmanuel Macron says.
Macron makes the announcement at a meeting to drum up support for the G5 Sahel force, an initiative pooling troops from Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger.
— AFP
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