For Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger’s new force to succeed, relations with neighbouring countries need to be rebuilt.
Can the security-for-minerals approach yield win-win outcomes for Sahelian states beyond diplomatic recognition?
Governments in the Lake Chad Basin region must target and dismantle terrorist groups’ information-gathering and processing systems.
How has this Sahelian group moved from local self-defence to transnational crime and extremist activity?
New research shows how governments can prevent informal money transfers from being used to facilitate organised crime and terrorism.
Better water retention infrastructure would enable communities to withstand the region’s many security and developmental challenges.
Terror groups have rebounded after past leadership losses, so Lake Chad Basin security forces cannot afford complacency.
Withdrawing from the global court shows that the Alliance of Sahel States prioritises joint action, whatever the consequences.
Focusing only on Boko Haram’s ISWAP faction is no longer an option for the region’s security forces.
The African Union is uniquely positioned to lead coordinated responses that disrupt criminal networks, strengthen border security and cut arms flows.
The politically neutral Conseil de l’Entente could revive urgently needed security partnerships among Sahel and coastal states.
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