Senegal will host a combined American, European and African military training camp in February 2016, sources said.
The decision was reached in Dakar at the end of a three-day meeting of military experts from Africa, North America and Europe on Saturday.
More than 1,700 Special Operations Forces from 19 European and North American countries will train alongside soldiers from 14 African nations, the sources disclosed.
The event is projected to be one of the largest-ever for the cooperative military training and will mark the third time Senegal will host it in recent years.
The Dakar meeting was held under the auspices of the US military command in Africa (USAfricom). to prepare for Flintlock 2016.
Flintlock is the the largest Special Operations Forces exercise in Africa, a region that was coming under increased threat of terror groups linked to the Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State forces.
The 2016 training in Senegal will focus on increasing military cooperation across the region and will take place at multiple locations.
Most of the training will be held at the at a military base in Thiès, about 70 kilometers from Dakar.
Other locations in Senegal will include Podor, Bakel and Saint Louis.
Mauritania will, together with Senegal, co-host Flintlock 2016.
Some of the training will focus on information sharing, communications, first aid, logistics and civil affairs.
Flintlock is an annual training and was hosted last year by Chad.
Senegal hosted the Flintlock in 2005 and again in 2011.
