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Head of Sahel Coalition selects his team

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“The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado”

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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. [...]

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

Published on 01.10.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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New head of Sahel Coalition set to be announced

Former Chadian agriculture minister Djimet Adoum, who has been at the helm of the Coalition for the Sahel since 2021, is preparing to hand over to former Mauritanian foreign minister Hamadi Ould Meimou.

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Top Sahel Coalition official to tour region

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.

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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.

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President of the Republic of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo.

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France's secret plans for Sahel military withdrawal

Emmanuel Macron is expected to announce a small troop decrease in February, while behind the scenes there are several withdrawal options at play, some that would have France's Barkhane force halved by the end of 2021.

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French President Emmanuel Macron visiting Gao, northern Mali.

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Déby paves way to take over G5 Sahel leadership

Idriss Déby has set up a task force to steer the G5 Sahel ahead of Chad's assumption of the regional bloc's rotating chair next month, when the country will also host a summit meeting.

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Chadian President Idriss Déby at the June 2020 G5 Sahel summit in Mauritania.

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