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1 – 9 of 9French 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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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273997
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The withdrawal is more correlated to diplomatic tensions between Mali and France than to ground realities in a military sense -- which have, in any event, been trending in a bad…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267431
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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
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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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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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MALI: Identities of hotel attackers will be important
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES206806
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The operations follow a week after the single-most devastating jihadist attack since 2015, when at least 39 people were killed after an assault on a mining convoy in the Est…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB247874
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Although France officially highlights the multilateral, multidimensional aspects of its operations in the Sahel, in practice the emphasis is on 'kinetic' operations and body…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257452
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This arises from years of frustration regarding the growing jihadist threat and perceptions of French neocolonial influence over regional leaders. Anti-French feeling ranges from…