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The African-led International Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA) is 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."〔http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2012/sc10870.doc.htm ''UN-Resolution 2085 (2012)''〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nigeria: Air Force Sends War Planes to Mali Thursday )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=allAfrica.com: Mali: U.S. State Department Daily Press Briefing: Mali )〕 The following forces have been committed to AFISMA: * : One hundred Togolese soldiers arrived in Mali’s capital Bamako on the 18 January.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=West African troop reinforcements arrive in Mali )〕 * : Sixty Senegalese troops were deployed from Dakar to Bamako on 20 January.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Senegal starts to send troops to Mali )〕 * : On 19 January, two Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jets were deployed from Abuja to Niamey, Niger, where they will be based. In addition, the Nigerian Air Force began deploying Mi-35 helicopters.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nigeria: Air Force Deploys Two Alpha Jets to Mali )〕 * : 1,800 Chadian troops secured and started patrolling Kidal in early February.〔 == Casualties == 65 soldiers have been killed during the mission: 34 Chadians, 28 Nigerians,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Two Killed, Four Injured In Bomb Attacks On Mali-bound Nigerian Troops At Okene )〕 2 Togolese〔(Guerre au Mali : Au moins 1 mort dans les rangs des Togolais )〕 and 1 Burkinabé.〔http://www.malijet.com/en-direct-du-front/67029-mali-mort-d-un-soldat-burkinabe-lors-de-l-atterrissage-d-un-heli.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「African-led International Support Mission to Mali」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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