French President Emmanuel Macron will host talks in Paris on December 13 on "speeding up deployment" of a five-nation anti-terrorism force in the Sahel, aides said Thursday.

Macron "will invite fellow leaders and key partners in the joint force, from the EU, UN, AU (African Union)," a source said, adding that the deployment of the so-called G5 Sahel force "is not moving ahead fast enough."