Is a new strategy needed to fight armed groups in the Sahel?

 

Mali pulls out of the regional G5 Sahel force, blaming a lack of progress and disagreements.

A founding member of a multinational West African security alliance is pulling out.

Mali is withdrawing from the G5 Sahel joint force fighting armed groups linked to ISIL (ISIS) and al-Qaeda.

Why is France withdrawing its troops from the Sahel region?

 

French troops transferred control of a key military base in Mali, marking the final stage of their long withdrawal from the country.

How climate change is leading to a rise in violence in the Sahel

 

The UN estimates 80 percent of the Sahel’s rain-fed farmland is affected by degradation due to erratic rainfall.

More than 1.3 million people have been plunged into extreme poverty in the Sahel, as the Belt of Africa experiences its deepest recession since independence due to COVID-19.