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Executive summary
Publication date: 8 December 2023
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CHAD: Government may widen its security partnerships
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Publication date: 14 November 2022
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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…

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Publication date: 21 July 2015
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The meeting comes in the context of Boko Haram's spate of bombings and attacks in northern Nigeria since Buhari's inauguration on May 29. The violence follows military successes…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB201109

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 21 August 2018
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France's Sahel policy.

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Publication date: 16 January 2020
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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…

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Publication date: 1 September 2017
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France policy in the Sahel.

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB223940

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Executive summary
Publication date: 14 January 2020
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FRANCE: Sahel may see fleeting gain from new operation

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES249981

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Publication date: 20 November 2015
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MALI: Identities of hotel attackers will be important

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES206806

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Publication date: 13 March 2019
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On March 5, Chad closed its border with Libya and applied heightened security restrictions in the north. This follows a major incursion in February by Chadian rebels from Libya…

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Publication date: 14 December 2017
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FRANCE/SAHEL: Macron will focus on G5 Sahel force

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES227483

ISSN: 2633-304X

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