French troops to stay in Mali through end of 2013:Hollande.
President Francois Hollande has said French troops will
stay in Mali to fight Islamist militants at least through the end of
2013. However, the first of the more than 4,000 French troops in Mali
will pull out in late April, Hollande said on France-2 television
Thursday night. About 2,000 soldiers will remain deployed in the former
French colony by July. By the end of the year, “1,000 French soldiers will remain,” the president said. The French troops could become part of a UN peacekeeping operation in Mali.
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