
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 3, 2020, shows the France-led special operations logo for the new Barkhane Task Force Takuba, a multinational military mission in sub-Saharan Africa's troubled Sahel region made up of soldiers from France, Estonia, the Czech Republic and Sweden, amongst others, and who are due to settle at the military base in Menaka, over the next few weeks. France suspends joint military operations with Malian forces, French defence ministry announced on June 3, 2021. -
/ AFP / Daphné BENOIT
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 3, 2020, shows the France-led special operations logo for the new Barkhane Task Force Takuba, a multinational military mission in sub-Saharan Africa's troubled Sahel region made up of soldiers from France, Estonia, the Czech Republic and Sweden, amongst others, and who are due to settle at the military base in Menaka, over the next few weeks. France suspends joint military operations with Malian forces, French defence ministry announced on June 3, 2021. -
/ AFP / Daphné BENOIT