RealClearWorld carries an Associated Press story about the redeployment and formalization of the French military mission in Saharan Africa and beyond. Their role is essentially anti-jihadist, and they work in concert with local troops.
It appears a majority of the troops involved are not Foreign Legionnaires, for a change. Perhaps the French military rotates various units through the African deployment to blood the troops, give them valuable live-fire combat experience.
