According to a report, nineteen gendarmes were killed in an attack in Burkina Faso near the border with Mali on Sunday. Reportedly, there have been other attacks in the border regions with Malu and Niger, two Morrocon drivers carrying unknown cargo were killed in Mali in September.
Reportedly, the community of the Sahel Saharan states was established in 1998 in Tripoli during a summit organised by Muammar Gadaffi, attended by the heads of states of Mali, Niger, Chad and Sudan. CEN-SAD became a u.n. observer in 2001, according to documentation, a purpose being the establishment of industrial and energy fields.
According to reports, in 2011 a nato offensive resulted in the capture, torture and murder of Gadaffi and his fourth son by national transitional council forces. Reportedly, his last words were, What did I do to you?
According to reports, security concerns relating to transitional crimes such as contraband and trafficking were reasons given for the u.n. military presence in the Sahel.