Mali: Africa's Newest Fighting Force Battles for Funding

Support for the African's newly formed Sahel Force continues to take shape. Ambassadors from countries comprising the U.N. security council landed in Mali to begin a fact-finding trip that will also take them to Mauritania and Burkina Faso. The U.N. security council's mission is to evaluate the progress of the Group of 5 (G5) Sahel Force, a burgeoning counterterrorism force that will eventually comprise several battalions, totaling 5,000-men of local soldiers from Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mauritania....