Germany and its troops in Africa - a new job for the Bundeswehr
Ever since the German re-unification in 1990 German troops have slowly begun playing a more active role abroad.
Radical changes due to German reunification
However, after German reunification, it became clear that Germany would have to take on a more active role in fulfilling its obligations from international treaties. In this context, Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl had already declared in his government policy statement in the first reunified German Bundestag on 4 October 1990 that reunified Germany would fulfil its international responsibilities and that the necessary constitutional basis would be established.
At present the Bundeswehr is stationed in Mali and Niger and some other places.