Mali: Voices from the Foreign Legion 2018 | French Foreign Legion Information

In April-May 2018, the English branch of France’s state-owned 24-hour international news television network FRANCE 24 published several interesting English language videos showing legionnaires of the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion (13e DBLE) during their deployment in Mali (West Africa) in the first half of 2018.

The 13e DBLE legionnaires deployed to Africa in late January 2018 for four months to participate in Operation Barkhane, an ongoing anti-rebel operation in the Sahel region of Africa, which started in August 2014.

Foreign Legion – Another French Exception. An interesting in-depth report (in English) showing 13e DBLE legionnaires in Mali in March-April 2018.

Voices from the French Foreign Legion. A short video presenting legionnaires of different nationalities and their opinions on the Legion.

Corporal Brandon, the American serving in the French Army. A 37-year-old American from Tennessee speaks about his time in the Foreign Legion.

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