Published early this year is how the German Bundeswehr is preparing for the challenges of the future in this DW Documentary... "A UN mission involving German troops is taking place in Mali, West Africa. The German army is acting as an international military peacekeeping task force.

But how can Germany’s Bundeswehr master the challenges of the future? Around 1,000 women and men of the Bundeswehr are deployed as part of the UN mission in Mali. But what exactly is their task? The documentary’s writers - Djamila Benkhelouf, who served with the Bundeswehr herself for two years, and Nino Seidel - accompanied the soldiers in Gao."

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