Mr Macron made the announcement in a speech in Ivory Coast, where he has been celebrating an early Christmas with French troops.
France's army command said the operation took place overnight near the Mauritanian border.
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Mr Macron made the announcement in a speech in Ivory Coast, where he has been celebrating an early Christmas with French troops.
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He vowed on Friday to work to give "new force" to the fight against Islamist militants in Africa's Sahel - an arid region below the Sahara desert.
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It came as West African leaders began a meeting in Nigeria to discuss combating the spread of jihadist violence, which Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari described as the greatest threat to the region.
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The UN special representative for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, told leaders at the summit that military action alone could not end the violence, as he called for more to be done to help develop the region.
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The leaders of five Sahel nations are expected to attend a summit in Paris in January, when Mr Macron said they would clarify the "political and strategic framework" of the operation against militants in the region.
