Pompeo promises 'collective' approach to African troop presence During a state visit to Senegal, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says that the United States favours a "collective" approach with its allies when deciding on troop numbers deployed in Africa against jihadist insurgents. Pompeo said he had no specific announcement to make about any cuts in US troops deployed against jihadist groups in the Sahel region of Africa. But he said the US would work closely with Senegalese and other forces in the region as well asits European partners. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES