PARIS (Reuters) - France plans to increase its troops in Mali to 2,500 in the days ahead and is working to speed up the deployment of West African troops for a campaign against Islamist rebels, the government said on Monday.
A defence ministry spokesman told Reuters troops would be sent to bolster the 600 already deployed.
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