Risks and Threats in the Western Sahel. Radicalization and Terrorism in the Sub-Region
This article addresses the most important security challenges existing in the Western Sahel countries, an emerging sub-region encompassing Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger. The sub-region is very much affected by developments in neighboring countries such as Algeria, Libya, and Nigeri...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad de Cádiz
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Paix et Sécurité Internationales |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.uca.es/index.php/paetsei/article/view/4734/4207 |
| Summary: | This article addresses the most important security challenges existing in the Western Sahel countries, an emerging sub-region encompassing Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger. The sub-region is very much affected by developments in neighboring countries such as Algeria, Libya, and Nigeria, among others. A number of recent processes – the Arab revolts and their effects in Libya and Egypt, the reinforcement of Boko Haram as a regional terrorist threat, etc – have contributed to aggravate insecurity in a region that suffers environmental problems, political instability, inter-communitarian tensions and illegal traffi cking since a number of decades ago. All these risks and threats are inviting states and international organizations to become more and more involved in order to provide responses and, eventually, solutions. |
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| ISSN: | 2341-0868 2341-0868 |