On this special interview segment on Africanews, analyst Niagalé Bagayoko breaks down the stakes of an Africanization of counterterrorism efforts. The Sahel region accounted for more deaths from terrorism in 2022 than South Asia and the (MENA) Middle East and North Africa regions combined, the latest Global terrorism Index reported. Frenchs troops in Niger have started leaving the country that is one of the founding members of the G5 Sahel alliance. Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have signed a new charter, the Alliance of the Sahel States that is clearly appears as an alternative project to the G5 Sahel. You’ve just mentioned the AES, the Alliance of the Sahel States that includes Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 16, 2023 10:23 UTC