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1 – 10 of 10Sahelian societies are overwhelmingly rural and dependent on agriculture and pastoralism. Farmer and herder lifestyles can complement each other, but climate change and population…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270010
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Most Sahelian states -- Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Chad -- are landlocked. This geographical reality imposes costs and constrains some economic possibilities. Yet the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274619
ISSN: 2633-304X
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COVID-19 and jihadists.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB252722
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Much of Mauritania and Chad are food stressed as well. European Union estimates, counting the five Sahelian countries as well as Nigeria and Cameroon, put the number of people…
The African Union (AU) project also aims to create jobs, reduce conflict, improve food security and reduce migration along the 8,000-kilometre 'wall'. In 2020, the UN said only 4…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271748
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The report adds to a chorus of local and international voices denouncing such abuses as both morally repugnant and strategically wrong. Amid a broader trend of abuses that…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253458
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The principal armed militant groups are aligned with al-Qaida or Islamic State. However, Islam plays a wider role in societies from Senegal to Chad and is a cornerstone of family…
The evolution and limits of jihadism in north-west Africa.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB240764
ISSN: 2633-304X
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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 deployment of the UK troops comes at a time when jihadists attacks are intensifying across the Sahel amid an escalating internecine conflict between the al-Qaida-affiliated…