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UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 15-- UN Security Council on Thursday encouraged five Sahel nations to speed up efforts to operationalize their joint force aiming to tackle insurgents in the African region. In a press statement, the council members "showed appreciation" of the continued efforts of the Group of Five Sahel, which include Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Chad and Mauritania, towards a "full and effective operationalization" of the 16-month-old force, known as G5 Sahel joint force. The efforts are related to operations on boundary zones, deployment of troops, the full operationalization of the three sector headquarters as well as the launch of the G5 Sahel Defense College, the statement said. | 
