Military task forces in the Sahel
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Mali’s junta has dealt a severe blow to the 18,000-plus foreign troops
countering jihadist insurgents in the Sahel by demanding the departure of Danish soldiers from the Takuba Task Force
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Takuba Task Force: TTF has around 600 special forces – ~300 troops (France), 150 (Sweden),
95 (Estonia), 60 (Czech Republic)

Other military personnel in Sahel

Operation Barkhane: 4,500+ (France) Operation Sabre: 350-400 (France) 

MINUSMA*: 12,700+ (61 countries)

G5 Sahel Joint Force: 4,000+ (5 countires)
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Nouakchott 
MAURITANIA
Kidal 
Fort Madama 
Menaka: TTF HQ

G5 Sahel Joint Force HQ

Ouagadougou BURKINA FASO
<100 U.S. special forces

N’Djamena
Operation Barkhane HQ

Bamako 
Gossi 
Ansongo

MINUSMA HQ EUTM HQ†

NIGER

Niamey: U.S. Air Base for MQ-9s
SAHEL
ALGERIA
MALI
Tessalit
Timbuktu 
Gao

French Foreign Legion, part of Operation Barkhane
SADE
LIBYA
HARASERT
CHAD
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Aug 18, 2020, coup d’état: Malian soldiers, led by Colonel Assimi Goita, overthrow elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita

Jun 2021: French President Emmanuel Macron announces French forces will wind down combat operations in Mali

Sep: France warns Mali junta against replacing French troops with 1,000 Russian mercenaries

Dec 15: French troops – part of Barkhane – leave Timbuktu

Jan 7, 2022: Russian Wagner group soldiers deployed to Timbuktu

Jan 14: Sweden announces withdrawal of troops from Takuba

Jan 24: Junta demands withdrawal of 100 elite Danish soldiers

Feb 17: France announces military withdrawal from Mali


*United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali †EU Training Mission in Mali
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Sources: Council on Foreign Relations, Grey Dynamics, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS