it was formed in 2017 and has forces from martinez, molly jared or keena, faso and chad, to counter armed groups in the region. but it overlapped with existing mandates from the you in african union and the west african regional block a co us that overlap meant all those organizations competed for limited financial and human resources. france supported the g 5 and gave it substantial military and financial support. but molly's military leaders have asked paris to withdraw all its troops and germany and the you have reduced their involvement. and molly, instead focusing on un operations. the alright, let's bring in our guess in molly's capital, obama, call me on coral. yes, stomach, a 1000000 politician and president of the party for civic and patriotic action in freetown in sierra leone. emanuel acquitted annette director of the research at coffee, an international peacekeeping training center, and in some mellow and france. jacqueline senior research fellow at the global policy institute, a warm welcome to you all, and thanks so much for joining us today on inside story. young corey, let