Breaking News: Responding to Germany withdrawing troops from Mali
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Last week, various media outlets were reporting that the German government has formally taken a decision to start the withdrawal of troops, which are stationed in Mali for the UN peacekeeping mission. Germany is not alone amongst its EU partners in making this call. What does this mean for extremism and terrorism in the wider Sahel region and what does this mean for the future of Mali?
In this breaking news episode, Lucinda Creighton speaks with Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director at the Counter Extremism Project. From 2001 until 2005, Hans headed the federal government of Germany's team investigating al-Qaida in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia. Between 2005 and 2011, Hans held the position of First Secretary Political Affairs and Liaison to the Security Forces at the German Embassy in Tehran. Acting as a special advisor to the ambassador, he led the embassy's crisis management team during the 2006 and 2009/10 disturbances in Iran.
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