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france rethinks its commitment to the south has a region of africa the president considers pulling out some troops a year after boosting numbers to fight on groups but the campaign is not going well so after 8 years is it time for a new approach this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm homage i'm jerome a campaign against armed groups in the south had in africa has now been going on for 8 years soldiers from france and 5 countries of the region working in fast so

chad mali more autonomy and these air are battling fighters linked to eisele and al qaida but the offensive is making little headway regional leaders are meeting in chad's capital in jamaica to discuss what to do next french president emmanuel mccall is joining via video link he's considering cutting troop numbers as public opinion in france turns against the operation armed groups still hold large swaths of territory and burkina faso as prime minister has said his government won't rule out eventually negotiating with the fighters i'm a dangerous is monitoring developments from lagos in nigeria. the mood in the region is that of concern concern that any potential french withdrawal will expose most communities to a touch by the armed groups even with the presence of 5100 french soldiers in the south regional armies us 2 struggling to deal with escalating attacks from the armed groups approaching and breaking a fossil and mali although that are reports that china is trying to send in 1000

forces to support forces in the region a lot of people here feel that it's in pretty do with the situation on the ground 2020 and particular was a violent for both civilian and military personnel in the region now with the attempt by chuck to send in 1000 troops to support regional armies according to some reports many experts here believe that that would be enough any potential withdrawal by french forces would leave a huge vacuum vacuum in terms of military personnel and hardware as well as intelligence which the chaldean forces over there but the hardened from their own civil war and fighting many bottles in the region may not have the necessary intelligence and hardware to deal with the onslaught by the armed groups in the region now moving judging forces away from fox sports like the region regional forces are buckley. and i swap will mean that they'll be less concentration on less

attention to the fight against boko haram and i saw in the region bordering nigeria . and is yet a public which of course when mean that the armed groups operating in that area may have a loophole to exploit in the region. reporting for insight story. france has been heavily involved in military operations aimed at stabilizing the region one year ago france agreed to send hundreds of additional troops to south and since then it's claimed a number of victories against armed groups but critics say they haven't resulted in lasting stability violence has escalated in the past year more than 7000 people have been killed and nearly 2000000 displaced by the fighting france is now planning to reduce troop numbers and seeking broader international support to stabilize the region. all right let's bring in our guests in bomb acoa molly or nella i want to ron is head of the sad program at the institute for security studies joining us from accra

in ghana chukwuemeka as a executive director of the west africa network for peace building and in yeah one day in cameroon. president of africa international media group a warm welcome to you all or no let me start with you today france is considering reducing its military commitment in the south is it likely that that would be announced at this summit yes indeed. ahead of this summit wraps up already is going to mean you know number of. laurentian statements and the doubts the possibility of them because it just seems there. it's not exactly clear what this means. is that in states you know. proud of their presence no reduction or there really is an end to the region and an easy exit wounds would be able to sleep at the presidents the. data

that will sentiment last year this leaders and their. mission were in the direction of. rehabilitation. mentioned the names at the same time it's raise questions about whether this is the right time. when national armies be made but the hurdle in this mother of how much has french public opinion turned against france's in gauge meant in the south and what does french president macro want to see come out of this summit. again you know i don't think that much of the dissatisfaction of our us the there but with the presence of back i'm sad comes from french public again it comes even more strong mildly and from from from the ground i would say. obviously

when you have your friends or years being killed back what happened what is happening many times been happening many times you have question in the breast what are we doing there but at the. present at how can we live with but what is even more what how can add it could lead to a change in that you have in mind many groups protesting you have a very and mounting atmosphere against the french troops what would say there was a couple weeks ago starring it was maybe by cambone bottling a super waiting. and that was probably a mistake just not sure you had denying it but this can't the lack of results basically ringback and the lack of results nobody can see today that mining or your

sad regions. that than it was when when the whole operation stopped it 8 years ago and even and so if things will change it received changes slightly we don't know why it which direction maybe not really reduce the troops because medical team is gives you. the history of military operations worldwide you know when we see troops coming but what's wrong then to go away to have to withdraw it's a bait for us but we might see some changes because even my friend standards debt don't hadn't resigned it what it. and if you look at the west side. the french minister of defense. what the objectives this it can't pass the get the last line is to

fight against terrorist groups you know and it has been now narrowed down to to fight against at terrorist group in that you know your own there's the border gate and not the 2nd tree is that do you see what's the look at troops look at odds do to you know upscale their competence and that that money is to the needs so you don't see it 80 years that major change movements have been made and as you see the object is i'm not really results supporting you know head being you don't see. a finer point of the opposition even in the object so it can be illegal going on. and you know people that i like we see all of them on the means you and the results

i saw they saw or so that something has to change america what are the governments in the south and the people in the region expecting to see as a result of this meeting. i think what's new is expect what kind of legacy that the french government want to be behind. and i think what has become very clear is that or leave it. to the issues in this. they lost because rightly point that was so quite simply citizens also begin to have some form of an army. and also those. increases community this is what caused that problem once you know because you know the time of military intervention and actions has news i mean how do you get the indefinite thoughts and even to make my past was is that without the level of the u.n.

peacekeeping and the level of french. have lost their minds and yet the issues continue to move to be sustained rather than diminish you know so i think what is important and what's the the the 5.3 is out on this ahead and getting the french bookman to let us take a pos and review our terms and uniforms and deeds yet is needs to be reviewed the kind of things that mentions that we're making. good beyond just military intervention which has looks never even addressed be your primary challenge of and seen the oxys of incidents or nella how much of the sat head is under the control of these armed groups and why haven't military operations been able to get control of the situation thus far. well this is

a very good question so for the past 8 years we have. been and could an increasing number of our own it actually is a good you know national and international security force is. being in the saddle region and yes this is a patient that keeps going west or west that they never have been able shims that mentioned was actually the deadliest your advice to get it it's. getting out the presence there last that i think. one problem that the answer really to me that's the voting age her insecurity. in this and how you have various force the hands and security that mean and it's it's rather difficult to keep up with the space and also it's going to show that. they're required level of what the nation between and i'm already been simply ready boss to

send our international partners based there so. nick serious business which has been having. constantly spreading and increasing in the region and who are the main targets banks are. can ration but it also includes you know and the rags that really share and moves it also includes. spirally lot of companies they're really getting up. early innings who have been through increases in. casualties you're actually going to since that situation is really grim next. quantum nation our international and national forces is a challenge that's being addressed to some extent spent a talent at least much remains to to be done but have our say france is hoping to get more support from its european partners when it comes to the fight against

armed groups in the sack do you think that we're going to be seeing this happen larry no os has been saying the same that for a while and now i'm there as. some i can as the day at a 1000000 germans to give some training maybe that's training too or maybe and. you have this kind of incident in there that the whole point is that. the be you cannot. solve the security issue only with military solutions and. everybody has been back to man you even animals you know and. yet that day but the fact is that those who had their hands in the horror of rishon i mean you know that deep x. no doubt it you know i'm complaining about it that we think only in military chance

when it comes to. you know if it comes to establishing institutions restoring institutions in the county it becomes an becomes to. sit restore way all sorts of ranty county problems but yeah probably beatrice lucian's and we see that today. the godly the area is not what you hear now i mean this record and the threats have been out that the abbey explained it to you. father son sounds to truck do you want to do my duty to even send it to the west exit route so don't feel like the situation has been stabbed me because only the why didn't you concentrate anything. i'm sure it's and it's missionary equipment and what people criticize that you cannot

you know you quote. impoverished villages which your huge equipments so i didn't know they give children legally those in fact or israel i don't know what's a little maybe met you know medicine is that gadget is not it's not really something structured and on an under long run to really had to be able at some point to to do to check what they want parts to earlier this month burkina faso as prime minister said that the country is looking to start negotiations for peace with the armed groups operating in the north and east of the country last year we heard the mali and former mali and president he had initiated similar negotiations are we going to see more countries adopt this strategy. it is very likely on the wrong one because like i say it could be the choice of just

military intervention it alone is not enough issues and the most important thing name any case is how these problems get result because i think i do end of the day yannis them out of riggin. groups on the tube and resolving to problem so something have to give and in our opinion it is important to begin to engage in these kind of negotiations now we bring these to be but also get in the mind that the states needs. i believe because of its kind of trees and also yet in mind and getting the i might also have a few choice fence yeah it's believed that one is the states they will be called. but if you also look at some of the elicits activities that is going on he will be in a monkey which in terms of cost. money transactions on an

illicit form spawns isom then it may be time to also cross that out even if he's a cotton stick upwards to the whole of the shoes or now there was a report released by the international crisis group earlier this month that said that the sat had a stabilization strategy led by france is foundering the report called for a course correction in france's approach i want to ask you are international backers of france's approach disappointed by the results of president mccrone strategy thus far well i mean. the foreign trade. is the pricing by. far salberg nations but our international partners they say well i'm not sure if there has been a considerable amount of money energy and jobs in trying to do stuff and i think that there are 3. that can be in survive so i don't think

the disappointments are questioning more than the fresh 70 but progress tragedy even forgotten. what needs to be read as bitter and as my. betters mentioned. the folks in terms of. whether or not it was with reference to be when so many already marrying are. so remaining time and. military budget strategy or a low level. strategy needs to be planted in that have been a recognition of our broader going back to the. families. this is going to be leading into to resolve yet another element that we really should suffer. more is the waiting ready i've abandoned

interact. you know i don't think it's that you. manage them is that how do i get you know some that. are already much about that you know about unspent or about. that really. militia also. that he element that's resulted in more dead civilians that are. sort of needs and. militia in earlier answer you mentioned something that i wanted to ask you a little bit more about you mentioned the fact that the french foreign minister had just recently called for a diplomatic political and development surge to respond to the situation in the sas i wanted to dig a little bit deeper and ask you what more would that entail because there are many who believe that you know a military strategy on its own is not enough there should be this overall strategy that includes governance human rights issues fiscal reforms what do you say to all

that. ok you know. if the foreign ministry is just reflecting. the globe what's the common sense not round the back and the g 5 sad but also the hollow rish because 8 years we've carried terror expanding and it got actually near to where that's actually. they something to be that so what the what is at stake here is that they do not want to to look changing sleep as switching too much that was issued so and there is still open a little that opened the door i mean. a couple of months just a couple of months ago not what you wanted to a notch that that change of course change was necessary but now

you know there was a coup in mali with president lee because that what is it is resigned that and now the hat again yet and not a military jet there you know and so wish doesn't say anything good about the executions that so you have that this situation which has been worsening so the french whether one is sort of looked for are a new infant a new i would sit in your side meant to go into it and all would not do other activists sort of and with that with retaining their lead it what right much to me gently and that has been the problem. although it's very difficult we know that when you have many groups working together maybe not to have it really you know it is difficult to coordinate coordinate so for the sake of efficiency

they want to. be a united front to united. but you cannot. that go on. dealing away thinking that the mahdi of the ottomans i'm not yes you are you would do. to lead the fight against what they call it and i just see it we have to do we have and we don't want we don't need to be some to the people because they're the france obsession. for terror of terrorism the fight against terrorism. and not approach of the issue you know they are they the people they're terrorists. you know in that kind of people we have that's. international crime but it was so people know if i leave.

so is not such you just say the act yeah yeah reece i don't we just. go against them we've got ticking the whole i'm sorry to interrupt you just the we're just about to run a time and i just want to look at another aspect of all that's going on in the south has such a quick make i want to ask you the conflict in the south obviously it has sparked a major humanitarian crisis could you just tell our viewers a little bit about how dire the situation is right now. it is extremely very very very challenging explicitly given the fact that most of these i have countries i'm mt you've known have to cope with the economic achievements imposed because of the conflicts and now you've made more money that's because of the current fund then you know the best piece of all these women who continue to suffer from the brunt of the continent and yet if you look at the future of this i have with the level of security the level of. economic and palm you know that the situation is becoming

and that's why we called. that wide in the direction of military might it is important to begin now to devote activities that will ensure resilience of the community and also make them all so he's good at i guess it's all there is and he said yes because the that is going on in the south all right we've run out of time to we're going to have to leave the conversation there thank you so much to all our guests or nella mother on chukwuemeka as a and mother have been away and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com and for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle is at a.j. inside story for me managed to win the whole thing here by for now.

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