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1 – 10 of 40In 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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285987
ISSN: 2633-304X
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WEST AFRICA: Alliance shifts may undermine security
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES283874
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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
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Tebboune argues that Mali's money would be better spent on economic development and initiatives to integrate northern Malians better into state institutions. Algeria is concerned…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275006
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The pipeline, whose construction could face numerous logistical obstacles, is meant to benefit the ECOWAS zone while also diversifying Europe’s gas supplies.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273530
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WEST AFRICA: Plan reaffirms Sahelian insecurity fears
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES246461
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The lean season in the Sahel region runs from May to August and is typically the period of greatest food insecurity in an endemically food-insecure area. This year, amid…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270693
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Militants targeted Baga town in Borno state on January 3. Unverified reports suggest that this may have been the group's most deadly attack on civilians to date. From Boko Haram…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB196966
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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…
SAHEL: New force will have to prove its worth