Sahel: is an Afghan scenario possible?
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The “Takuba” military force for the training of the Malian army in the fight against the jihadists is suspended until further notice.
Photo taken in November 2020 (illustration photo) © AFP - DAPHNE BENOIT
By: Chantal Lorho Follow
52 mins
The latest events in Afghanistan have been followed with great attention by the countries of the Sahel: the collapse of the Afghan army, the resumption of power by the Taliban, the rout of the Americans illustrated by the save that can general in Kabul since two weeks.
Will the Taliban's victory galvanize the jihadists in the Sahel?
Why do the Sahelian armies seem incapable of stemming the increasingly deadly attacks by armed groups?
What will happen in Mali after the announced end of Operation Barkhane in early 2022 and the reduction of the French military presence?
Should we negotiate with the jihadists?
Is an Afghan scenario possible in the Sahel?
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Guests:
Niagalé Bagayoko
, President of the African Security Sector Nnetwork;
signed
"African security multi-lateralism put to the test of the Sahelian crisis"
, a study published by the University of Quebec Montreal and
"the international instruments of conflict management in the face of the Sahelian crisis.
»
, Article published in June 2021 in the journal Défense nationale.
Yvan Guichaoua,
teacher-researcher at the Brussels School of International Studies, University of Kent.
Author of
“The bitter harvest of French interventionism in the Sahel”
in International Affairs, Oxford University Press.
Bakary Sambe
, director of the Timbuktu Institute-African Center for Peace studies and founder of the Observatory of radicalisms and religious conflicts in Africa, author in 2018 of
“Islamized contests.
Senegal between influence diplomacy and political Islam ”
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