Operation Mansio: British troops (pictured) provide counter-terrorism training to Nigerian, Cameroonian and Moroccan forces in Senegal. Some 30 troops are stationed around these soldiers and in a huge exercise last week, UK forces guided the African soldiers as they attacked and detained members of a terrorist cell
BBC: UK military gears up for deployment in Mali
Britain is significantly stepping up its military support in West Africa to help combat the world's fastest growing Islamist-led insurgency.
Over the past month, British troops have been helping train local forces to fight extremism in the Sahel.
The region, a semi-arid stretch of land just south of the Sahara Desert, has been a frontline in the war against Islamist militancy for almost a decade.
Later this year, 250 British soldiers will join a UN mission in Mali.
It has been described as the most dangerous peacekeeping operation in the world.
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Update #1: Operation Stop ISIS: British troops are sent to Senegal to provide counter-terrorism training as new jihadi danger rises in West Africa (Daily Mail)
Update #2: ISIS threat: British troops deployed to Senegal as terrorism threat in West Africa rises (Express)
WNU Editor: Sending a few dozen soldiers is going to make no difference in this conflict.
