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1 – 9 of 9Unlike the Wagner private military company (PMC), it is subordinated to the Russian state. The first confirmed deployment of African Corps forces is to Burkina Faso, where it will…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285059
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Security campaigns suggest concerns about the possibility of domestic terrorism threats and the seeming desire of Moroccan hardliners to fight in the Sahel. Yet arrests also…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281670
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Notably, US intelligence accuses Wagner of efforts to destabilise Chad’s junta as well as broader regional ambitions of creating a “unified ‘confederation’ of African states”…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279034
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The evolution and limits of jihadism in north-west Africa.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB240764
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Chefou was reportedly recruiting youths from the Fulani ethnic group. There has been confusion around what happened during the incident, which was the US military’s first loss of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225652
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The militancy phenomenon.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB218319
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Some traditional forms of trafficking, such as cocaine, are somewhat contracting, while new ones, for instance counterfeit medicines, are booming. None has disappeared; instead…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256629
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Border security and migration in West Africa/the Sahel.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225285
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Despite signalling a pending shift, the Pentagon’s plans in Africa reflect continuity more than change