UK troops in the Sahel: the ‘new terror frontline’

British forces tackle jihadists in ‘most dangerous peacekeeping mission in the world’

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Troops in Mauritania stand guard at a G5 Sahel command post
(Image credit: Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images)

Britain is to step up its military support of the UN mission in the Sahel, the semi-arid region south of the Sahara Desert that is being described as the “new frontline” in the war against Islamist terror.

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