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1 – 10 of 15Violence also appears to be escalating in Niger since the July 2023 coup there. The ruling military juntas in all three countries have followed the same basic strategy of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285872
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Unlike 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
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Both are in the process of finalising their departures, amid deteriorating relations with the Nigerien and Malian juntas respectively, and growing popular rejection of the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283465
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COVID-19 and jihadists.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB252722
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The attacks targeting ethnic Peulh (Fulani) communities have been attributed to the ethnic Mossi-dominated 'Koglweogo' (Guardians of the Bush) vigilante group, in the latest…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB251278
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He dominates the political scene, but faces a hostile security environment. France’s rebasing of the troops withdrawing from Mali in Niger is both a boon and a risk for the…
The targeting of these civilian vigilantes highlights the centrality of community-based, often ethnically aligned, government-backed militias in the Sahel’s various conflicts…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261041
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MINUSMA has been embroiled in a controversy concerning the presence of a peacekeepers’ camp in the northern Malian town of Aguelhok, where some residents claim that the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262494
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SAHEL: Reduced state violence may mask worrying trends
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES265093
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Migration flows through Niger.