Italy To Deploy Troops To Libya, Tunisia, And Niger In Campaign To Stabilize Region And Stem Migration, Slave Trade, Human Trafficking

The Italian Parliament has approved an upgraded military presence in Niger by agreeing to send an initial 120 troops with 350 more to follow as Rome looks to stem migration and people-trafficking of African migrants. At the end of last year, Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said he would redeploy some troops to North Africa from...