PARIS (Reuters) – A French soldier was killed in Mali on Thursday morning after combat operations against militants, President Emmanuel Macron’s office said.
“This soldier … was killed in fighting against armed terrorist groups, when an improvised explosive device was triggered next to his armoured vehicle,” the presidency aid in a statement.
France has more than 5,000 troops in the West African Sahel region as part of international efforts to fight Islamist militants in the area.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Elizabeth Pineau; ediitng by John Irish)
