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WEST AFRICA: New junta alliance will be symbolic
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES282030
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The authorities said they found a record-breaking 214 kilograms of cocaine in the mayor's car. This is only the latest in a series of 'drug busts' in the Sahel recent years, and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB266871
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NIGER: Deadly attack will reinforce security dilemma
WEST AFRICA: Plan reaffirms Sahelian insecurity fears
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES246461
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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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French troops on December 14 turned over a base in Timbuktu to the Malian Armed Forces amid a broader repositioning of forces to the French-led Task Force Takuba and tensions with…
BURKINA FASO: Terror attacks will undermine government
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES230169
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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 attack comes amid growing insecurity in the Far North region over the past year. Residents in Cameroon's north are increasingly the most vulnerable in the Lake Chad Basin to…
The targeting of these civilian vigilantes highlights the centrality of community-based, often ethnically aligned, government-backed militias in the Sahel’s various conflicts…