German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht has cancelled a planned trip to the Sahel region because of a coronavirus case in the ministry’s leadership team. For reasons of welfare for the soldiers in Mali and Niger, the visit planned for this week could not take place, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. The Bundeswehr is involved in the EU training mission EUTM and the UN mission MINUSMA in the country with a total of about 1,400 troops. Recently, tensions have increased, especially between the military junta and the former colonial power France. The French ambassador has been expelled – as have…