U.S. General Stephen Townsend, commander of AFRICOM, the U.S. Africa Command forces, called March 11 for Europeans to do even more in the Sahel in the fight against terrorism.
"African and European partners must do more to roll back the violent extremist organisations (VEOs) threat and there must be better synchronisation of efforts in West Africa", he said in a speech to the US House of Representatives. "The window of opportunity to dig a firebreak and prevent the further spread of VEOs is...