G5 Sahel Group, France Form Joint Command and Vow to Prioritize Fight against Islamic State

The G5 Sahel group of states and France leaders have agreed to form a joint military coalition under command and vowed to prioritize their counter-insurgency efforts against the Islamic State. France’s President Emmanuel Macron hosted the leaders of Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali and Mauritania at a summit in the town Pau on Monday, January...