Your account has been succesfully created.

EN FR

The Morning Brief
Log in

Password

Keep me logged in

Forgot your password?
Subscribe

Sahel
Top Sahel Coalition official to tour region

Read this article in our running story

“The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado”

Sahel

The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

As the Sahel security crisis worsens, with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) increasingly active, the states in the region find themselves in an ever more vulnerable position. In an attempt to stem the flow of jihadist propaganda which now risks overflowing into the coastal states, a number of security operations have been launched, among them Operation Barkhane, the G5 Sahel joint force, MINUSMA, and the Coalition for the Sahel. [...]

Djimet Adoum, the newly installed high representative of the Coalition for the Sahel, starts his first tour of the region on 5 March, accompanied by France's Sahel envoy Frédéric Bontems. [...]

Published on 05/03/2021 at 06:00 GMT

This article may be accessed by subscribers

In order to ensure high-quality and independent journalism, Africa Intelligence relies solely on subscriptions from its readers, with no advertising, no events and no consulting work.

Several offers are available depending on your particular reading needs

Consult our offers

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

Create your free account

Discover our work by making use of the following possibilities: daily newsletters, a selection of free articles, keyword alerts.

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

create a free account

Diplomacy

Read this article in our running story

“The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado”

Sahel

The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

Set up email notifications for these topics

Angel Losada
Bah N'Daw
Coalition for the Sahel
Djimet Adoum
Frederic Bontems
Mahamadou Issoufou
Moctar Ouane
Roch Marc Christian Kabore

Sahel
Head of Sahel Coalition selects his team

Installed in Brussels since September, the secretary-general of the Coalition for the Sahel, the Chadian diplomat Djimet Adoum, recently appointed his main advisers.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.10.2021

Chad
Chad tries to rush gunships back home from Tbilissi to counter rebel advance

As armed insurgents, mobilised since this month's presidential poll, threaten to capture Tebesti in northern Chad, the government is desperate to get back helicopters that have been overhauled in eastern Europe.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 20.04.2021

Two Mi-24 helicopter gunships belonging to the Chadian army have been overhauled in the Tbilaviamsheni factory in Tbilisi.

Sahel
Before receiving Macron, MBZ schmoozes Sahel states

In mid-February the Emirati crown prince assured G5 Sahel heads of state that he would disburse the final two-thirds of his pledge announced with great fanfare in December 2017. To date, only €10m of a promised €30m have been transferred to the Sahelian alliance.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.03.2021

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Africa
AfDB banks on African economic resilience to Covid-19

African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina is due to hold an event in Abidjan in mid-March dedicated to the resilience of African economies to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.02.2021

Ghana
Akufo-Addo's Sahelian agenda

The current holder of the ECOWAS rotating chair, Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo, is intending to make the Sahel a central priority of his term at the helm of the regional organisation at a time when jihadist groups are extending their networks into countries lying on the west African coast.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.02.2021

President of the Republic of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo.

Set up email notifications for these topics

Angel Losada
Bah N'Daw
Coalition for the Sahel
Djimet Adoum
Frederic Bontems
Mahamadou Issoufou
Moctar Ouane
Roch Marc Christian Kabore

Once registered, you will be notified by a short message on your computer or mobile phone as soon as a new edition of our publication or an alert is published. Stay informed anytime, anywhere!

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Sahel
Top Sahel Coalition official to tour region

The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

This article may be accessed by subscribers

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

Create your free account

create a free account

The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

Set up email notifications for these topics

Sahel
Head of Sahel Coalition selects his team

Chad
Chad tries to rush gunships back home from Tbilissi to counter rebel advance

Sahel
Before receiving Macron, MBZ schmoozes Sahel states

Africa
AfDB banks on African economic resilience to Covid-19

Ghana
Akufo-Addo's Sahelian agenda

Mali
El Ghassim Wane, the next head of MINUSMA

Mali
Behind-doors negotiations over next MINUSMA chief

France, Sahel
France's secret plans for Sahel military withdrawal

Sahel
Déby paves way to take over G5 Sahel leadership

Set up email notifications for these topics

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Indigo Publications' websites

Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Africa in the Russia-Ukraine war

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

The generals waging war from Khartoum to Darfur

Sahel Top Sahel Coalition official to tour region

The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

This article may be accessed by subscribers

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

Create your free account

create a free account

The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

Set up email notifications for these topics

Sahel Head of Sahel Coalition selects his team

Chad Chad tries to rush gunships back home from Tbilissi to counter rebel advance

Sahel Before receiving Macron, MBZ schmoozes Sahel states

Africa AfDB banks on African economic resilience to Covid-19

Ghana Akufo-Addo's Sahelian agenda

Mali El Ghassim Wane, the next head of MINUSMA

Mali Behind-doors negotiations over next MINUSMA chief

France, Sahel France's secret plans for Sahel military withdrawal

Sahel Déby paves way to take over G5 Sahel leadership

Set up email notifications for these topics

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Sahel
Top Sahel Coalition official to tour region

Sahel
Head of Sahel Coalition selects his team

Chad
Chad tries to rush gunships back home from Tbilissi to counter rebel advance

Sahel
Before receiving Macron, MBZ schmoozes Sahel states

Africa
AfDB banks on African economic resilience to Covid-19

Ghana
Akufo-Addo's Sahelian agenda

Mali
El Ghassim Wane, the next head of MINUSMA

Mali
Behind-doors negotiations over next MINUSMA chief

France, Sahel
France's secret plans for Sahel military withdrawal

Sahel
Déby paves way to take over G5 Sahel leadership