The Canadian military will deploy helicopters and support troops, including medical teams, to the troubled West African nation of Mali later this year, CBC News has learned. The helicopters presumably would replace a German contingent which has been flying transport and medical evacuation missions in Mali. Canada sending troops to UN peacekeeping mission in Mali2:27Officials speaking on background at last fall's ministerial summit said armed helicopters would be among the aircraft Canada would offer for future missions. The Germans have both armed and transport helicopters in Mali. Countries deployed on peacekeeping missions sometimes get stuck in place because no other country wants to come in and relieve them.

Source: CBC News March 16, 2018 22:09 UTC