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Islam will play growing political role in West Africa

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WEST AFRICA

However, although the relationship between Islam and politics in the Sahel is changing, its prospects reflect local and national environments. The growing and multidirectional…

German policy towards Sahel will be cautious

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SAHEL/GERMANY

Like France, Germany is now partnering with Niger, but it continues to avoid combat roles, helping to keep its political risks in the region fairly low. Meanwhile, Berlin does not…

Algeria will pursue stronger ties in the Sahel

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ALGERIA

In February, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced that Algeria is planning free trade zones with Niger and Mali, despite increasingly volatile ties with the latter. That same…

France will reduce its West African military footprint

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WEST AFRICA

French forces completed their withdrawal from Mali in August. The current force posture, with some 3,000 troops based mostly in Niger and Chad, will remain unchanged in the short…

Elections conduct will cloud Niger's new presidency

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NIGER

The ruling party’s Mohamed Bazoum won the February 21 second round with 55.75% of the vote against 44.25% for former President Mahamane Ousmane. Ousmane, an ally of Amadou…

Niger has few security cards to play

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NIGER

The death toll exceeds that of the attack at Inates on December 10, where 71 soldiers were killed in an Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) attack, which had marked the…

Pullout from West Africa's ECOWAS bloc may prove messy

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WEST AFRICA

The move builds on a long period of tension between the juntas and ECOWAS over planned political transitions to civilian constitutional rule and intensifying rejection by the…

Boko Haram violence in northern Cameroon will persist

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CAMEROON

The attack comes amid growing insecurity in the Far North region over the past year. Residents in Cameroon's north are increasingly the most vulnerable in the Lake Chad Basin to…

Sahelian farmers and herders will clash more

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SAHEL

Sahelian societies are overwhelmingly rural and dependent on agriculture and pastoralism. Farmer and herder lifestyles can complement each other, but climate change and population…

Nigeria's north-west violence will intensify further

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NIGERIA

Still largely driven by a combination of criminal banditry and 'farmer-herder' conflicts but with hints of growing jihadist group involvement, the scope of insecurity has…