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Anti-French sentiment will increase in the Sahel

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SAHEL

This arises from years of frustration regarding the growing jihadist threat and perceptions of French neocolonial influence over regional leaders. Anti-French feeling ranges from…

French planning lacks solutions to Malian insecurity

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MALI

Foreign troop presence in Mali.

West African jihadism and counterterrorism face limits

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WEST AFRICA

The evolution and limits of jihadism in north-west Africa.

Mali's northern goals may hurt relations with Algeria

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MALI

Dicko met with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. Algiers claimed the meetings with northern armed groups were part of a mediation effort regarding which Malian authorities…

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…

Other forces may offset France's drawdown in Mali

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MALI

French troops on December 14 turned over a base in Timbuktu to the Malian Armed Forces amid a broader repositioning of forces to the French-led Task Force Takuba and tensions with…

Antagonism with France risks making Mali a pariah

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MALI

The withdrawal is more correlated to diplomatic tensions between Mali and France than to ground realities in a military sense -- which have, in any event, been trending in a bad…

French presence will fail to stop Sahel violence

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FRANCE/SAHEL

The event, held in the French town of Pau, highlighted the six leaders’ alarm over jihadist violence in the Sahel, particularly recent large-scale attacks by the Islamic State in…

CVE programmes in the Sahel face an uncertain future

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SAHEL

Countering violent extremism in the Sahel.