Aba basirikare b’Abafaransa baguye mu gace ka Menaka, ubwo imodoka yabo yaterwagwaho igisasu. Perezida w’u Bufaransa yavuze ko aba basirikare bari bari mu bikorwa by’ubutasi.

Urupfu rw’aba basirikare rwaje rukurikira urw’abandi batatu nabo bari baherutse kugwa muri iki gihugu.

Mu gace ka Sahel kabarizwamo ibihugu nka Senegal, Nigeria, Chad, Centrafrique, Sudani, Sudani y’Epfo, Eritrea na Ethiopia. U Bufaransa buhafite abasirikare 5100 bahamaze imyaka 10 mu bikorwa byo kurwanya imitwe y’iterabwoba.

Umutwe w'iterabwoba ushamikiye kuri Al-Qaeda, Amaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin wigambye igitero cyo muri Mali cyahitanye abasirikare b'Abafaransa babiri