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The juntas in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger ranked among the countries most affected by terrorism claim that restoring security or maintaining stability is the main motivation behind their takeovers. They argue that the deterioration of security in all three…
Corrupt, brutal and unprofessional are the words widely used to describe the conduct of police officers in particular and security operatives in general across West Africa and beyond. This is despite being trained and swearing an oath to protect and…
Terrorism threatens peace and security, and our fundamental rights and freedoms. Extremist violence in the Sahel is spilling over into coastal West African countries. Governments in coastal West African countries play the leading role in responding to this threat by…
On the 16 of September 2023, the west African subregion was shaken when Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced the creation of the Alliance of Sahel States (Alliance des États du Sahel – AES), a defence pact originally thought to…
The threat of terrorism is complex, multifaceted, and evolving. Many factors play a role in exacerbating the nature of this threat, yet one in particular is central to the very modus operandi of terrorism and, indeed, of critical importance to…
In The Sahel this week takes a closer look at Press and association freedoms under political transitions. A better understanding and appreciation of the subject will be reached through the voices of experts and journalists on the ground in Mali,…
On 5 January 2024, Burkina Faso’s Council of Ministers reportedly approved a decree for the introduction of a mandatory 1% withholding tax on the remuneration of public officials and employees in the private sector. The withholding tax is to be…
On this subject, some experts believe that the plurality of counter-terrorism institutions is not only structural but also has something or everything to do with the individuals working around them. You can call them stakeholders or financiers or managers and…
This edition highlights challenges relating to respect for regional balance in the implementation of development projects in the countries – all having shared but peculiar dynamics.
Since the coup wave swept across the Sahelian countries all battling insurgencies, foreign troops deployed to assist in the anti-jihadist campaigns have either evacuated or asked to leave by the ruling Juntas. Mali, Burkina Faso and most recently Niger have…
In 2001, a framework for security and counter-terrorism campaign was adopted at a Summit in Senegal known as the Dakar Declaration. At the summit, African Heads of State expressed serious concern about the development of terrorism, which, still constitutes an…
In response to the multifaceted and complex security challenges, including terrorism, and cross-border crime, sub-regional cooperation initiatives involving States that share common borders have emerged. The G5 Sahel, the Accra Initiative and the Multinational Joint Task Force are part of…
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