Sahel: after the sanctions, what new strategy in the fight against jihadism?

Malian army vehicle in Timbuktu, September 9, 2021. AFP - MAIMOUNA MORO

By: Alain Foka Follow

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Mali and Burkina Faso sanctioned by ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States.

The French Ambassador to Mali expelled.

The repatriation of Danish soldiers, for lack of an agreement with the authorities of Bamako in full estrangement with the Europeans.

The sending of the Norwegian contingent within the Takuba force cancelled.

How is the fight against terrorism organized in this new climate of tension between the allies?

Should we fear a rise in power of the jihadists?

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Are Malian and Burkinabè soldiers able to face the terrorist threat on their own?

How does Paris, which claims to want to continue to fight terrorism in the Sahel, intend to organize itself?

With the participation of :

- Ibrahim Ikassa Maïga

, Minister for the Refoundation of the State, in charge of relations with the institutions

- Pr Serge Théophile Balima

, Burkinabè academic, former ambassador of Burkina Faso to France and former Minister of Information and Communication

- Georges Dougueli

, journalist for the weekly magazine Jeune Afrique.

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