Voice of America: France Says 1,800 Mauritania Troops Headed to Mali

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France Says 1,800 Mauritania Troops Headed to Mali Apr 18th 2013, 20:15 Mauritania will send 1,800 troops to Mali as part of a planned U.N. force to keep the peace in the West African nation after a French-led offensive that has ousted Islamist rebels from the desert north, France's foreign minister said on Thursday.   Laurent Fabius said a U.N. Security Council resolution to approve the creation of a 12,600-strong U.N. peacekeeping force from July 1 should be approved as soon as next week.   That force, expected to be made up primarily of African ... Media files: 99A5BC43-F607-41C6-A909-B654A7A25AE5_cx0_cy5_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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