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Sahelian militias aid and undercut peace prospects

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WEST AFRICA

The targeting of these civilian vigilantes highlights the centrality of community-based, often ethnically aligned, government-backed militias in the Sahel’s various conflicts…

Insecurity will drive Burkinabe junta radicalisation

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BURKINA FASO

Junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traore seemingly hopes that association with Sankara’s near mystical aura in the country can boost his own legitimacy. This reflects a broader…

Morocco faces a low risk of major terrorist attacks

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MOROCCO

Security campaigns suggest concerns about the possibility of domestic terrorism threats and the seeming desire of Moroccan hardliners to fight in the Sahel. Yet arrests also…

Insecurity in Niger may rise

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NIGER

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…

Menaka fighting shows the limits of the Malian state

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MALI

The Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) appears to have the upper hand in its struggle against a coalition comprising two pro-government militias and the Armed Forces of…

Insecurity will overshadow Burkina Faso’s election

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BURKINA FASO

Opposition parties for the first time have pledged to back the leading opposition candidate should there be a second round. Meanwhile, the persistent jihadist insurgency risks…

Burkina Faso junta will resist outside pressure

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BURKINA FASO

ECOWAS threatened to impose sanctions for failure to comply, but has subsequently granted a short although undefined extension. The junta under coup leader President Paul-Henri…

West African regional bloc faces transition challenges

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WEST AFRICA

Presidential elections in the other five (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Niger) are set for the fourth quarter. While ECOWAS touts its regional trade and monetary…

Abuse reports to raise distrust of Sahel peacekeepers

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SAHEL

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…

The African Union faces major reform challenges

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AFRICA

The gathering came amid a wave of coups afflicting the continent, widespread pandemic-induced economic difficulties, continuing limits to the AU’s ability to make its presence…