Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan was slated to arrive in Africa on Tuesday on a fact-finding mission for future peacekeeping operations. "We are looking at that mission," Sajjan told the CBC. One of the Trudeau government's contributions to peace and stability in Africa is expected to include a revamped training mission in Niger that has been — until now — the purview of Canada's highly secretive special forces, CBC News has learned. But his assessment comes as the Liberal government is also considering a separate request to turn a special forces capacity-building mission, known as Operation Naberius, into a regular army training mission for troops in the war-torn country, multiple sources tell CBC News. The switch could happen as early as September, not long after Sajjan attends a major international UN peacekeeping conference in London.

Source: CBC News August 09, 2016 09:07 UTC