His Deputy Chief of Staff General Hanena Ould Sidi was last year named commander of the Force Conjointe du G5 Sahel (G5 Sahel Joint Force) after Malian General Didier Dacko was dismissed following last June's devastating jihadist attack on the G5 headquarters (AC Vol 59 No 25 The forgotten army)...
It also led to the replacement of the force commander Malian General Didier Dacko by the Mauritanian General Hanena Ould Sidi formerly Deputy Chief of Staff of the Mauritanian army...
FlawsIt is now rumoured that G5 presidents concerned by the Sévaré attack and the Boulkessy massacre have decided to replace the force commander Mali's General Didier Dacko and his deputy Burkina's Colonel Major Yaya Séré (AC Vol 59 No 3 Strains on the front line)...
Other immediate priorities include agreeing troop contributions to the planned 5 000-strong force finalising the list of necessary equipment and defining the role of the force commander Mali's General Didier Dacko who will coordinate the actions of member countries...
Sanogo has made much of the rejuvenation of an army humiliated in the north in January and February while senior officers such as the Mopti Commander Colonel Didier Dacko have been equally bullish...