Update of Troop Counts

The operational plan developed by the Chiefs of Staff of West Africa and endorsed by political leaders that provides four countries - Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo - deploy a battalion each of infantry of about 400 to 500 soldiers in Mali. Ghana and Burkina Faso should, themselves, have a smaller contribution. We speak, for example, 150 men sent by Ouagadougou.

Other countries outside ECOWAS, such as South Africa and Chad, were invited to support this operation, but according to a French source, none of these states has yet given a firm commitment....

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