At the request of the special police intervention brigade, EUTM and EUCAP provided specific training on basic military topics. Thus, police trainees studied and put into practice movements and intervention tactics in an urban environment, but were also made aware of the threat against IEDs,...
On Sunday 19 January 2020, the Minister of Defence of Portugal, João Gomes Cravinho, accompanied by Ambassador Moreira da Cunha, Special Envoy for the Sahel and General José Nunes da Fonseca, Chief of Staff of the Portuguese Army, travelled to Mali to meet the Portuguese...
In the main square of the Headquarters of the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) in Kati, thirteen Bastion vehicles have been handed over to the Joint Force G5 Sahel to equip the FAMa battalions that make up this joint force. Eight are for troop transport, two...
A Mechanized Infantry Course for 24 students (2 NCOs and 22 soldiers) ended on Monday. The students all came from mechanized infantry units equipped with the CASSPIR armored personnel carrier. Their training culminated this week with a full day Exercise. The Exercise incorporated counter-ambush techniques, counter-IED,...
Three lectures were delivered by the Deputy Commander of the Advisory Training Force of EUTM Mali at the Military Schools Directorate (DEM), last 9 of January, to the 32 students (Captains and Majors) that are following the preparatory course previous to the Staff College Course...
The Intelligence Trainers Course. This course was successfully completed 2 January 20 by seven Officers and NCOs of the FAMa. It was organised by EUTM and conducted within the EMGA’s facilities. The aim of the course was to enable them to be responsible for...
A new Command and Control system was presented last week in December at the Joint Operations Centre in Bamako by Colonel-Major Diallo, in the presence of EUTM MALI Force Commander General Ribeiro, to inform the Malian Armed Forces FAMa of the system's capabilities. A leap...
The Ceremony that heralded the opening of a new building that will house the Second Regional Group of the National Guard of Mali in Koulikoro, took place 31 December 19. The Ceremony drew many important dignitaries, headed by the Minister of Security and Civil Protection...
EUTM MALI MFCDR NEW YEAR’S EVE SPEECH EUTM Mali Officers, NCO, Soldiers and civilian personnel, Let me start by saying that I’m extremely happy to be here today with all of you in Koulikoro. I wanted to come today, and to stay and spend New Year’s Eve...
Recently, EUTM MALI conducted two instructor level courses for the Malian Armed Forces at Koulikoro Training Centre, known as the "Factory", a nickname it has earned all these years when soldiers have been trained in support of the Army of Mali. The purpose of the...
