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• Sahel Region

  Sahel: with or without Barkhane, a policy against the people

  18 November 2022, by MARTIAL Paul

  In Toulon on 9 November 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron, in a speech presenting the national strategic review, formalized the end of Operation Barkhane, the French military’s operation against Islamist groups in Africa’s Sahel region , which had begun nine years earlier. The (…)

• Sahel Region

  Sahel: towards a policy other than “security”

  30 June 2022, by MARTIAL Paul

  Violence continues in the Sahel. While the junta in Mali, with Wagner mercenaries, is adopting a strategy of total war against the jihadists that is causing many civilian casualties, the governments of Niger and Burkina Faso are sketching out an initial dialogue with the armed groups that cannot (…)

• Sahel Region

  In the Sahel region of Africa, Canada funds war and de-funds drought research

  31 March 2013, by ANNIS Roger, Council of Canadians, Globe and Mail, HARPER Tim, YORK Geoffrey

  The Sahel region of Africa is facing disastrous drought conditions driven by changing climate patterns. It’s the band of semi-desert region that lies below the Sahara Desert adn stretches from one side of Africa to the other. Average rainfall compared to the 1950s is down by fifty per cent. (…)