Madagascar: Burkina Faso, Niger to Quit G5 Sahel Anti-Militant Force

[allAfrica] Harare -- The military chiefs of Burkina Faso and Niger announced on Saturday that they would be leaving the G5 anti-jihadist group in the Sahel area of Africa, in the most recent setback to the war against militants in one of the most unstable regions of the globe. Only modest progress has been made by the G5, which was established in 2014, RFI reports. Mali also left the original five-nation force last year due to a military takeover.