The End of the Sahelian Anomaly: How the Global Conflict between the Islamic State and al-Qa`ida Finally Came to West Africa
...sahélienne’ selon laquelle les filiales respectives d’AQ …,” Twitter, January 11, 2020; Héni Nsaibia, “#Sahel: While not explicitly stated probably focused on the Sahel in particular given source...
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Commentary: “Who Thinks Wins”: How Smarter U.S. Counterterrorism in the Sahel Can Pay Dividends for Great Power Competition
...Pan-Sahel Initiative (PSI) in four Sahelian countries and the $100 million East Africa Counterterrorism Initiative (EACTI) for six East African countries.21 These programs aimed to bolster the counterterrorism...
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How the Wagner Group Is Aggravating the Jihadi Threat in the Sahel
...in the Sahel, the two terrorist groups are consolidating their sanctuaries and gaining an unprecedented range of action. With concern that Wagner may seek out Burkina Faso as...
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AQIM’s Threat to Western Interests in the Sahel
...Operation Serval begins to draw down in northern Mali and successful Western and Sahelian counterterrorism operations continue to rid the region of senior terrorists,[51] the Sahel is still...
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The Hotel Attacks and Militant Realignment in the Sahara-Sahel Region
...attacks as well as the context and significance of the militant realignments in the Sahel with a particular focus on the possible influence of the Islamic State on...
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Revisiting the Mali al-Qa`ida Playbook: How the Group is Advancing on its Goals in the Sahel
...5, 2018. [d] The G5 Sahel Joint Force is a collaborative security effort involving France and several Sahelian countries, including Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Chad. It...
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The Fulani Crisis: Communal Violence and Radicalization in the Sahel
Abstract: Alongside the Islamist struggle to reshape society in the Sahel through violent means is a second, relatively unnoticed but equally deadly conflict with the dangerous potential of...
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Mokhtar Belmokhtar: One-Eyed Firebrand of North Africa and the Sahel (Jihadi Bios Project)
This report on Mokhtar Belmokhtar, authored by Andrew Wojtanik, was released as part of the CTC’s Jihadi Bios Project, a series edited by Dr. Nelly Lahoud. The Jihadi...
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