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Ein Schlag ins Wasser: Die Ausbildungsmission der Bundeswehr für die Armee von Mali
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Germany’s Getting All Tangled Up in the Malian Civil War
European training mission proves divisive in Berlin

Mali is a “focal point” of German cooperation with Africa, German defense minister Ursula Von Der Leyen said, adding that Berlin’s investment in the West African country should be “intensified.”

“Training of the Malian armed forces must continue,” Von Der Leyen argued during a parliamentary debate in February 2014. She got her way—and Germany increased its participation in the European Training Mission to Mali to a maximum of 250 soldiers.