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The African-led International Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA) was an Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) organized military mission sent to support the government of ECOWAS member nation Mali against Islamist rebels in the Northern Mali conflict. The mission was authorized with UN Security Council Resolution 2085, passed on 20 December 2012, which "authorizes the deployment of an African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA) for an initial period of one year. The AFISMA mission transferred its authority to MINUSMA on 1 July 2013, that is, AFISMA mission ended and MINUSMA mission began, with AFISMA troops becoming MINUSMA troops.

Initially, the mission was to begin in September 2013, but after an unexpected advance by the rebel forces in early January 2013 and the subsequent French intervention, ECOWAS decided to immediately deploy the AFISMA forces. On 17 January, Nigeria began deploying air and ground forces to Mali. The Nigerian deployment was followed by the arrival of a 160-man contingent from Burkina Faso the following week. The first commander of AFISMA is Nigerian Major General Abdulkadir Shehu.

Meanwhile, the heads of state and government of ECOWAS have endorsed Major General Shehu of Nigeria as Force Commander and Brigadier General Yaye Garba of Niger as Deputy Force Commander.

On January 31, the United States Department of State estimated that there were about 1,400 AFISMA troops from Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Chad on the ground in Mali.

The following forces have been committed to AFISMA:

Country Personnel Remarks
 Benin 300
 Burkina Faso 500
 Burundi unknown
 Cape Verde unknown
 Chad 1,800
 Gabon 900
 Gambia 1 military police platoon and 1 infantry company
 Ghana 120 - Engineer Company
 Guinea 144
 Guinea-Bissau unknown
 Ivory Coast 500
 Liberia 1 platoon
 Niger 500
 Nigeria 1,200 Reportedly includes elements of 333 Battalion. Also deployed Mi-35 helicopters, and two Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jets.
 Rwanda unknown
 Senegal 500
 Sierra Leone 500 'Maintenance battalion' (Xinhua News Agency)
 South Africa unknown
 Tanzania unknown
 Togo 500
 Uganda unknown
AFISMA Total: 7,464

Casualties

65 soldiers have been killed during the mission: 34 Chadians, 28 Nigerians, 2 Togolese and 1 Burkinabé.

See also

References

  1. https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2012/sc10870.doc.htm UN-Resolution 2085 (2012)
  2. https://www.peaceau.org/en/article/afisma-transfers-its-authority-to-minusma AFISMA Transfers its Authority to MINUSMA
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