Military regimes have shifted from presenting themselves as temporary ‘corrective’ interventions to becoming personalised systems of rule.
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Africa’s Sahel region is engulfed by violence, and now there are fears that the conflict could take another bloody turn.
Outside fighters are not merely mercenaries – they are participants in a deeply rooted, historically complex struggle for resources.
Foreign powers’ interest in the Sahel is driven by its natural resources and strategic location for security and illegal migration control.
No US president has set foot on sub-Saharan Africa since 2015 – and it hasn’t gone unnoticed.
Economic infrastructure that affects several African countries runs through Niger.
The creation of the G5 Sahel added to the traffic of security groupings in the region
The latest coup now presents a fork in the road for West African, French, and American policymakers.
Jihadi groups take advantage of endemic poverty, inequality, high unemployment levels, illiteracy, ethnic divisions, and poor governance to spread their campaign of violence in the Sahel region.
The political will displayed by the Sahel member countries of the G5 Task Force appears to be out of step with the actual capabilities of their armies.
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