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Nature Reserves Provide a Strategic Advantage for Insurgents in Benin

Northern Benin is at the center of a security crisis which has moved south from the Sahel. Poverty and climate change have provided fertile ground for criminals and extremists. In…

December 15, 2022Benin, jihadism, Mali, terrorism

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Gold mines in Burkina Faso fuel militant and jihadist groups

For the past five years, terrorist groups have been controlling gold deposits in the areas of Burkina Faso where the government is virtually absent. They use this control as the…

September 3, 2021Burkina Faso, gold, jihadism, UAE

Terrorism

Perspectives of Jihadism in Africa

The jihadist phenomenon in Africa, particularly in the countries of the sub-Saharan and Sahelian area, has developed considerably due to several factors: Critical national political scenarios; Ethnic tensions and contrasts…

September 7, 2020Africa, Daniele Garofalo, jihadism

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Nature Reserves Provide a Strategic Advantage for Insurgents in Benin

Gold mines in Burkina Faso fuel militant and jihadist groups

Perspectives of Jihadism in Africa

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