Chad says it will increase its contribution to the United Nations Minusma peacekeeping mission in Mali, as France discusses with the UN Security Council how its decision to pull troops out of Mali will impact the mission.
Chad's junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno announced that his country would increase its troop numbers in the UN peacekeeping, force following France's withdrawal of its troops from its Operation Barkhane anti-insurgent force and from Europe's Takuba force, which is under French command.