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Senegal to send 2,100 troops to join Saudi-led alliance

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Senegal will send 2,100 troops to Saudi Arabia to take part in an international coalition combating Houthi fighters in neighbouring Yemen, the West African nation's foreign minister said on Monday.

 

Mankeur Ndiaye added that the coalition was seeking to defend Muslim holy sites at Medina and Mecca.

 

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