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Implications of migrant traffica crackdown for Niger.
COVID-19 and jihadists.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB252722
ISSN: 2633-304X
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However, opposition political parties and former rebels, most prominently northern Mali’s main ex-rebel bloc, the Coordination of Movements of Azawad (CMA), refuse to participate…
The attacks targeting ethnic Peulh (Fulani) communities have been attributed to the ethnic Mossi-dominated 'Koglweogo' (Guardians of the Bush) vigilante group, in the latest…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB251278
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He dominates the political scene, but faces a hostile security environment. France’s rebasing of the troops withdrawing from Mali in Niger is both a boon and a risk for the…
France's Sahel policy.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB237961
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The previous day, France's President Emmanuel Macron announced that Niger would be the new headquarters of French-led counterterrorism operations in the Sahel. This will give…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263429
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The targeting of these civilian vigilantes highlights the centrality of community-based, often ethnically aligned, government-backed militias in the Sahel’s various conflicts…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261041
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The attacks come amid a wave of political instability across the Sahel, with two coups taking place in Mali within the past year, one in Chad and an aborted coup in Niger.
While the overall number of incidents is fewer than a dozen since the rise of the region's jihadist insurgencies in the early 2010s, the trend lends credence to growing warnings…