The EU has taken this problem into their own hands and is now deploying 100 French and Estonian troops to Mali on Wednesday. This will help the effort to tame some of the violence from the Jihadist who have been killing in Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso. While the group is getting weaker, they have started to train minors to become child soldiers.

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