Italy last December decided to send 500 soldiers to the Sahel, in order to contain Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda, Mujao, as well as helping France to protect the uranium mines.

The European Union has decided to invest over 60 million euros in an anti-terrorism force composed of over 11,000 men in the African Sahel. Radicalization and trafficking in human beings are the main threats of the region.