{"title":"Chapter Nine: Sub-Saharan Africa","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/04597222.2022.2022935","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"France is reshaping its military posture in Africa but will retain its significant role in operations in the Sahel, as well as in security assistance more broadly. The long-running Barkhane operation will draw down, with emphasis instead on the special forces-focused Takuba mission which will feature significant French components as well as troops from European partners. Sweden took over command of Takuba, from France, in November 2021 and will command the mission until early 2022.","PeriodicalId":35165,"journal":{"name":"The Military Balance","volume":"21 1","pages":"436 - 506"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Military Balance","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/04597222.2022.2022935","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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France is reshaping its military posture in Africa but will retain its significant role in operations in the Sahel, as well as in security assistance more broadly. The long-running Barkhane operation will draw down, with emphasis instead on the special forces-focused Takuba mission which will feature significant French components as well as troops from European partners. Sweden took over command of Takuba, from France, in November 2021 and will command the mission until early 2022.