Security and stability are seriously declining in Africa, despite the passage of decade-long efforts – since the presence of French forces and their allies – securing law and order there. The purpose of this Paris-led effort was to confront and to fight against the Jihadi militant groups and threat posed to a number of African countries and specifically across the vast region between desert and savanna of five Sahel countries known as “G5” Sahel , Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger.