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Mauritania, Sahel
Ghazouani makes fresh attempt to revive G5 Sahel

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“The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado”

Sahel

The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

As the Sahel security crisis worsens, with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) increasingly active, the states in the region find themselves in an ever more vulnerable position. In an attempt to stem the flow of jihadist propaganda which now risks overflowing into the coastal states, a number of security operations have been launched, among them Operation Barkhane, the G5 Sahel joint force, MINUSMA, and the Coalition for the Sahel. [...]

The G5 Sahel alliance has been virtually inoperative since Mali withdrew from it, but Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is striving - not without difficulty - to revive it. He wants the organisation's presidency transferred from Chad to Niger at a summit meeting to be held next February. [...]

Published on 01/12/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Flags of the five historical members of the G5 Sahel: Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Chad, Mali and Niger.

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Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum, 9 July 2021.

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