More German military is heading t0 Africa. According to Germany’s new defense minister, Ursula von der Leyen, they will engage more strongly in Africa by sending additional military trainers to Mali and supporting the French intervention in Central African Republic, reports Business Insider.

von der Leyen said she envisioned boosting the training mission in Mali from 180 personnel, with 99 now on the ground, to up to 250, and deploying a medical services airbus to back up the French mission in CAR.

With various countries in crisis, Germany “cannot look the other way when murder and rape are a daily occurrence, if only for humanitarian reasons,” she said.

“In Central Africa, a bloody war is unfolding between Christians and Muslims. We cannot allow this conflict to set the entire region ablaze,” she added.