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3. www.bbc.com › news › world-africa-58438905Sahel jihadists: West Africa faces up to policing its ... - BBC

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   Sep 3, 2021 · 3 September 2021. By Paul Melly,Africa analyst. AFP. With Chad's withdrawal of troops and the imminent reduction in French troop strength from the vast Sahel region of West Africa - where...

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   Jun 3, 2021 · 3 June 2021. By Frank Gardner,BBC security correspondent. AFP. French troops are leading the fight against jihadists in West Africa. The multinational effort to stave off an encroaching...

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   Could a security crisis spread across West Africa?

   • The overarching worry is that the crisis could spread further across West Africa. 1. A fast deteriorating crisis The security crisis in the region started in 2012 when an alliance of separatist and Islamist militants took over northern Mali, triggering a French military intervention to oust them as they advanced towards the capital, Bamako.

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   Why is Amadou Ba protesting in West Africa?

   • This sparked a storm of protest from the opposition and civil society, with even the governing party's own candidate, Prime Minister Amadou Ba, opposed to a decision that shakes to its foundations a country that had hitherto been seen as one of West Africa's most resilient and institutionally rooted democracies.

   Ecowas in crisis: Why West Africa's united front is in tatters

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   Is ECOWAS a threat to the Sahel region?

   • Already Ecowas was struggling to sustain serious pressure on the military leaders of the Sahel region - who have bolstered their domestic support by painting the regional bloc as bullying neighbours in thrall to France, the former colonial power in much of the region.

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   What is happening in Mali & Burkina Faso?

   • The UN also has over 12,000 peacekeepers in Mali, while the US has two drone bases in Niger, providing intelligence and training support throughout the region. Amid the rising insecurity, so-called self-defence groups have been formed. In Mali and Burkina Faso, these militias are believed to be behind a number of massacres. 3.

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   West Africa analyst. As West African ministers gathered in Nigeria's capital for yet another emergency meeting, they must have been wondering what further shocks could befall their region -...

7. www.bbc.com › news › world-africa-59517501Why France faces so much anger in West Africa - BBC

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   Dec 4, 2021 · 4 December 2021. By Paul Melly,Africa analyst. Getty Images. Mali has witnessed several protests against France. It all started so positively. Where have things gone wrong? Why does France now...

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   US troops have been helping West African nations fight an Islamist insurgency. The US is still engaged with Niger and Chad, despite withdrawing troops from the countries, the head of the US Africa ...

9. www.bbc.com › news › world-africa-51061229How West Africa is under threat from Islamist militants - BBC

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   Jan 12, 2020 · 12 January 2020. By Louise Dewast,BBC News, West Africa correspondent. Getty Images. There are thousands of soldiers, including from Niger, patrolling the region in the fight against...