EU Forces Train Malian Soldiers In Fight Against Rebels

KOULIKORO, MALI - MARCH 09: Soldiers of the Malian Armed Forces (MAF) prepare to shoot with an AK47 rifle and live ammunition at the shooting range at a training base on March 09 2017 in Koulikoro, Mali. The training is part of a program of the European Union Training Mission Mali (EUTM), in which European Union military personnel train officers of the Malian Armed Forces within six weeks. These officers again use their learned expertise to train their cadets in six weeks that include general tactics, shooting with light weapons, first aid and movement in unknown terrain. The conflict in Mali between government forces and rebels has shifted from the northern to the central part of the country and rebels are finding refuge in neighboring Burkina Faso. and Mauritania. (Photo by Alexander Koerner/Getty Images)